
Coconut Imli Jaggery Dip - simple way to add natural fats to your meals!

Adding coconut to your dietary intake and replacing refined sugar with less-processed options (like jaggery) are two significant changes that may have positive impact on your long term health. This recipe is a good example to begin incorporating these changes for healthier eating habits. The khatta-meetha taste of imli-jaggery chutney is already popular in most households. An addition of grated coconut not only enhances the aroma and taste of this chutney it enhances its nutritional value as well!
Coconut is a wholesome nut which is rich in fibre and has high nutritional value. Hence a must add to your meals!
Ingredients
- Seedless tamarind: ½ cup (tightly packed)
- Water:1.75 cups
- Cumin seeds:½ tsp
- Saunth powder:½ tsp
- Asafoetida: a pinch
- Red chilli powder: ¼ tsp
- Jaggery: 7-8 tsp
- Cold pressed oil: 1 tsp
- Grated coconut: ¼ cup
- Rock salt to taste
Method
- Soak tamarind in water overnight or 4-5 hours in a bowl.
- With your hands, squeeze the pulp from the tamarind in the same bowl, strain the pulp and keep aside.
- Heat some oil in a small pan.
- Lower the flame and add cumin seeds and let them crackle.
- Add saunth (ginger) powder, grated coconut, red chilli powder and asafoetida.
- Stir and add the strained tamarind pulp. Cook for 2-3 min.
- Add the jaggery and salt and cook for 4-5 min more.
- The mixture will thicken. Let the chutney mixture cool and grind into a paste.
Eating guide:
- Food group: Nuts and Fruit
- This is a great addition to always have in your fridge. Acts as a great saviour for a dull salad! Make small batches over weekends
- Nuts are a natural source of oils, this is how nature meant us to get our oils and fats
- Ditch the refined oil, add nuts and nut-based chutneys to meals for kids and adults alike.
Image credit for title pic:www.betterbutter.in
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