Green Chutney Recipe

Green chutney is one of the most popular chutney in India which is served with chaats, sandwiches, snacks and tandoori kabab dishes. Traditional green chutney is made with a combination of mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chilles, lemon juice, yogurt, salt and sugar. But you can make green chutney wide variety of ways. In this blog post, I have shared 4 ways of green chutney. Original Green chutney, green chutney with coconut, Mumbai green chutney with bread, Chaat Teekha chutney. This taste delicious with snacks like samosa, pakora, dhokla and chaats.

Green Chutney

One of the versatile all purpose chutney made with coriander and mint leaves. This is one of the most popular and must have chutney to have in your fridge. Drizzle it over chaats, salads, roti or wrap which takes your normal meal to next level.

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• About Green Chutney
• Watch Green Chutney Video
• Green Chutney Ingredients
• 4 Ways of Making Green Chutney
• How to Make Green Chutney Taste Better
• How to Make Green Chutney (Stepwise pictures)
• Variations
• Expert Tips
• FAQ
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The chutney itself is bright green in colour and is made different ways. Every household has their own way of making green chutney.

About Green Chutney

Green chutney also known as sandwich chutney, mint chutney, Bombay chutney, chaat chutney, hari chutney, Indian green sauce or teekha chutney. Green chutney is usually served with sandwiches, grilled kebabs, tandoori chicken, chaats. Traditionally green chutney is made with coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, salt, sugar, lemon juice.

Depending on the recipe you can add yogurt, bread, coconut in your green chutney. This chutney is an Indian flavourful condiment which is spicy, tangy, refreshing. It is usually enjoyed with Indian street foods like vada pav, kanda pav, chaats, ragda patties, ragda puri chaat, dahi vada, sev puri, papdi chaat. Here are two popular sandwich made with green chutney. Check out chutney sandwich, masala sandwich & grilled sandwich, veg and cheese chutney sandwich.

This green chutney not only adds refreshing zing to your meals. But elevates the meal to a whole new level with its bright colour. It also has numerous health benefits including digestion. It is served with fried snacks to brighten the meal and add a fresh taste.

In this blog post, I am sharing 4 version of green chutney. so you can pick any of your favorite and try. This taste delicious with snacks like samosa, pakora and chaats.

Green chutney has long shelf life. You can make and store this chutney in fridge for at least a week. But for more fresh taste, use it within 3 to 4 days.

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Watch Green Chutney Video

Green Chutney Ingredients

Mint & Coriander Leaves - use fresh mint and coriander leaves for brighter colour. The chutney gets it refreshing taste when used fresh leaves. Wash herbs really well and chop roughly before grinding.

Garlic - just a clove of garlic enhance the taste of the chutney. Some times I even add a small piece of ginger.

Green Chillies - this totally depends on your spice level. You can add more or less as per your taste. Sometimes I remove the seeds and white membrane from the chillies before grinding.

Salt & Sugar - a pinch of sugar totally enhance the taste.

Lemon Juice - adjust the lemon juice to your taste. You can add more or less depending on the level of tang you want. Lemon juice helps to preserve the chutney for longer time.

Yogurt - this is optional but adds creamy texture to the chutney. Use greek yogurt for best taste.

Cashews - I like to use some kids of nuts like cashews, almonds or pistachios in my green chutney. It adds creamy texture and makes the chutney thick.

Optional - ingredients like ginger, coconut, bread, chaat masala powder, roasted cumin powder can be added to enhance the taste of the chutney.

4 Ways of Making Green Chutney

Original Green Chutney - this recipe is my go to chutney to serve with kebab, grill, tandoori chutney. Adding some yogurt to the chutney will make it creamy and smooth. This is also known as green sauce for Indian food.

Mumbai Street Sandwich Chutney - This chutney is an authentic street style green chutney. It has additional spinach and a piece of bread used to thicken the green chutney also makes it super green in colour.

Green Chutney with Coconut - this chutney is best when spread on sandwiches and served with idli or dosa. it has coconut added when grinding which makes it super delicious. The only thing is, this chutney has shorter shelf life.

Green Chutney for Chaats - this chutney is called as teekha chutney which has additional chaat masala, cumin powder for flavour.

How to Make Green Chutney Taste Better

Fresh herbs - try to use freshest herbs as possible. Wash herbs in several changes of water and dry completely before grinding. Increase or decrease any of your favorite herbs as you like.

Thickening of Chutney - for thicker creamy mint chutney use green yogurt, roasted gram dal, bread slice, cashews, coconut or blanched almonds as thickener for the chutney.

Spices to add Flavour - you can add garlic, ginger, chaat masala, roasted cumin powder as flavouring of the chutney.

Use Ice cubes - adding few ice cubes when grinding green chutney stops the oxidation process and keep the chutney bright green in colour for days. Adding Lemon juice helps brighten the flavour and preserves the green colour.

How to Make Green Chutney (Stepwise pictures)

Green Chutney (Original)

This is the chutney which I was talking about in my tandoori chicken. This chutney has creamy texture with added yogurt which makes it creamy and just like a dipping sauce. It is best to serve with chicken tikka, paneer tikka and murg malai kebab.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Coriander Leaves
• ½ cup Mint Leaves
• 2 to 4 Green Chillies
• 3 cloves Garlic
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 3 tbsp Curd / Yogurt
• 2 tbsp cashews

How to make original green chutney

1)Try to use fresh coriander and mint leaves. Make sure you wash them really well. Pat them dry and chop them roughly.

Wash mint leaves really well. Use only the leaves of mint and not the stem. Take chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves in a blender.

2)Add green chillies. This is totally to your taste. You can add more or less to your taste.

3)Add in cashews. I like to use some kids of nuts like cashews, almonds or pistachios in my green chutney. It adds creamy texture and makes the chutney thick.

4)Add in peeled garlic. Garlic enhances the flavour of the green chutney. You can add a small piece of ginger too.

5)Add some thick yogurt. yogurt is used for the tangy flavour and creaminess. Make sure the yogurt is thick and not too sour.

6)Add in salt and sugar to taste.

7)Add lemon juice to taste. This makes the chutney green and bright.

8)Blend this mix till smooth and creamy.

9)When blending, you can add more water if needed. If you want it thick, you can leave the water.

10)Green chutney is ready to serve.

Variations

Green Chutney with Coconut

This particular version of green chutney has coconut added for thickness. Also green chutney made in bombay road side has spinach added which is not only healthy but makes the chutney bright green colour. This particular version is perfect to spread in sandwiches.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Coriander Leaves
• 1 cup Mint Leaves
• 6 Green Chillies (long variety)
• 2 clove Garlic
• ¼ cup Coconut
• 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
• Salt to taste
• ½ cup Water

How to Make Green Chutney with Coconut

1)take mint leaves and coriander leaves in a blender jar.

2)Add in salt to taste.

3)Add in lemon juice to taste.

4)Add in green chillies.

5)Add in few garlic cloves.

6)Now add in some grated coconut.

7)use little water at a time and make it into a smooth puree.

8)Green chutney with coconut is ready. This is also known as green garlic chutney.

Mumbai Street Style Green Chutney

This particular version of green chutney has bread added for thickness. Also green chutney made in Bombay road side has spinach added which is not only healthy but makes the chutney bright green colour. This is perfect as dipping sauce for snacks or as a spread for sandwiches.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Coriander Leaves 
• 1 cup Mint Leaves 
• ½ cup Spinach, palak is better
• 6 Green Chillies (long variety)
• 1 Bread Slice
• 3 tbsp Lemon Juice 
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Sugar
• ½ cup Water 

How to Make Mumbai Street Style Green Chutney

1)Take mint leaves and coriander leaves in a blender.

2)Add in palak leaves, salt into the blender. Spinach leaves adds bulk to the chutney and also helps make the chutney green in colour.

3)Add in sugar and lemon juice to taste.

4)Add in green chillies.

5)now comes the interesting part. Mumbai street sandwich chutney usually has slice of bread added for thickness and creamy texture.

6)Grind to a smooth paste by adding some water.

7)Mumbai Street style sandwich chutney is ready.

Green Chutney for Chaats (Teekha chutney)

This version of green chutney is also known as teekha chutney which is added in all chaat recipes. This delicious chutney can be drizzled all over the chaats. The chutney has very little chaat masala added which gives a lip smacking taste. You can make this chutney runny to drizzle all over the chaats.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Coriander Leaves chopped
• 1 tbsp Ginger peeled and chopped
• 3 Green Chillies
• 2 tsp Sugar
• 2 tsp tsp Chaat masala powder (optional)
• 2 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
• Salt to taste
• 4 tbsp Lemon Juice 
• ¼ cup Water

1)Take coriander leaves, green chilles, ginger in a blender.

2)Add in salt, sugar, chaat masala, roasted cumin powder, lemon juice over the coriander leaves.

3)Add little water at a time and grind into a smooth puree.

4)Green chutney for chaats is ready to serve.

5)You can enjoy this chutney with chaats.

Expert Tips

• Use fresh mint and coriander leaves for refreshing taste and bright coloured green chutney.
• You can increase mint and coriander leaves amount as per your liking. if you like more mint flavour, increase mint leaves.
• For refreshing lip smacking taste, you can add roasted cumin powder, chaat masala for taste.
• For making thicker creamy mint chutney add some roasted gram dal or cashews.
• Skip using yogurt if you want too. In that case, add green yogurt.
• Add couple of ice cubes to preserve the green colour of the chutney. 

FAQ

What is Green Chutney?

Green chutney is usually served with sandwiches, grilled kebabs, tandoori chicken, chaats. Traditionally green chutney is made with coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, salt, sugar, lemon juice.

How do you reduce the bitterness in green chutney?

Add a pinch of sugar, lemon juice to balance the taste of the chutney.

What is the green chutney at Indian restaurants called?

Green chutney also known as sandwich chutney, mint chutney, Bombay chutney, chaat chutney, hari chutney, Indian green sauce or teekha chutney.

Why does my green chutney turn brown?

As green chutney sits longer in fridge, it may get oxidised. So try and use the chutney as soon as possible. The chutney taste same even if gets oxidised, as long as there is no moulds in the chutney you can fine to use it.

How do you keep green chutney green?

Adding few ice cubes when grinding green chutney stops the oxidation process and keep the chutney bright green in colour for days. Adding Lemon juice helps brighten the flavour and preserves the green colour.

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