sesame chutney / Nuvvula Pachadi

Sesame Seeds Chutney / Nuvvula Chutney

Breakfast serves the main meal of the day. We need to eat a healthy breakfast to gain energy for our daily routine activities. Today´s dish is sesame chutney which is very healthy and nutritious. Sesame seeds are a rich source of calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, manganese, copper, zinc, fiber, vitamin B6 and the list is endless. So I suggest all my readers to include these sesame seeds in your daily diet. You can check mz recipes where I include sesame seeds in my cooking. 

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I generally prepare idly, dosa, upma, ragi dosa, etc for our breakfast. There should be a side for all these dishes. So I try to prepare variety of chutneys. Some of them are basic coconut chutney, tomato chutney, onion chutney, ginger chutney and many other chutneys. There are many variations for all of these chutneys.

Sesame seeds chutney is a flavourful, nutty and spicy chutney that goes as a side or dip for any of the South-Indian breakfast. Sesame chutney is very simple to prepare - fry, grind and do tadka. The basic ingredients that is essential for any chutney is salt, spice and tamarind. If these three ingredients are perfect, any chutney will be tasty and delicious. For sesame chutney, the spice should be perfect. That’s when you will get the actual flavour and taste of the sesame seeds.

Preparation

Heat oil in a pan.

Add sesame seeds and garlic. Fry for 3-4 minutes.

Now add red chillies. Fry for a minute.

Add coconut pieces or grated coconut. Fry for 2-3 more minutes.

Add tamarind and salt.

Now switch off the flame. Allow this to cool. Transfer to a blender.

Grind to a paste adding water little by little. Now for tadka, heat oil in the same pan. Add little oil and once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds.

Once they splutter, add cumin seeds and methi ( fenugreek ) seeds.

Once they crack, add dry red chillies,  curry leaf powder or curry leaves, hing and switch off the flame.

Add this tadka to the ground sesame paste. Enjoy as a side or dip for your breakfast.

Ingredients

Sesame seeds  1/4 cup

Coconut  1/4 cup
Red chillies 8
Garlic  4
Tamarind  small lemon size
Salt  to taste
Oil  1 tsp

For Tadka

Oil  1 tsp

Mustard Seeds 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds  1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds  few
Hing  2 pinches
Curry leaves  few sprigs
Red chillies  1-2

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan and add garlic and sesame seeds. Fry for 3-4 minutes.
2. Add red chillies and fry for another 2 minutes.
3. Now add coconut pieces or grated coconut and fry.
4. Add tamarind and salt and switch off the flame.
5. Allow this mixture to cool.
6. Grind in a mixie to a paste adding water little by little. Keep aside.
7. Do the tadka with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies, curry leaves and hing.
8. Pour this tadka on the ground sesame paste and enjoy with your favourite breakfast.

Notes

• You can always vary the measurements of the coconut and sesame seeds. If you like the flavour of sesame seeds, you can reduce the quantity of the coconut and if you like the flavour of coconut, you can reduce the quantity of sesame seeds and prepare this amazing chutney.
• You can dilute the chutney with water if you want a thinner consistency of the sesame chutney. My mom always prepares a diluted version of the same chutney but she adjusts the spice levels accordingly.
• Increase the amount of spice as per your taste buds. I added more red chillies while grinding as the spice was not sufficient for me.
• You can also use green chillies while roasting the sesame seeds, but the colour of the dish would vary.
• If you have any leftover red chilly seeds, you can also use those seeds to prepare this chutney instead of the whole red chillies.