Coriander Chutney
- 1/2 cup of thick yogurt (I used Turkish yogurt, similar to Greek yogurt)
- 50 g fresh coriander leaves, washed
- 25 g fresh mint leaves, washed
- 1 - 2 garlic cloves, without skin
- 1 green chilli pepper or 1/2 jalapeno
- Caster sugar, to taste
- Salt, to taste
- 1 medium cucumber (optional)
- Vegetables to serve - pepper stricks, cucumber fingers, cauliflower and broccoli florets, carrot sticks
- In a mortar and pestle or food processor, make a paste of the coriander and mint leaves, garlic cloves and chilli pepper. You will need to add the chilli in little bits to control the heat,
- Season the herby paste with sugar (starting with 1/2 a teaspoon) and adjusting to taste. Season with salt to balance flavours - it should be a touch sweet, well salted and pleasantly hot. Stir the green paste into the yogurt, taste and adjust the sugar and salt and use as is/refrigerate. Alternatively, continue to the next step.
- If adding cucumbers, skin it (if you like) before grating. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on the grated cucumber and place it in a colander to drain for 15 minutes so the liquids are drawn out.
- Stir into the yogurt-herby mix. Refrigerate till ready to serve. Then pack a platter with the vegetables and chomp away
turkish yogurt, fresh coriander leaves, mint, garlic, green chilli pepper, sugar, salt, cucumber, vegetables
Taken from food52.com/recipes/6379-coriander-chutney (may not work)