Pudina Chutney Recipe | How to make Pudina Chutney

Pudina Chutney Recipe | How to make Mint Leave Chutney

Pudina Chutney or Mint Leaves Chutney is prepared using mint leaves only and no other part of the plant. There is a reason for that, first Mint stems are hard and need a bit more grinding then leaves and also the stems are very strong in taste. That is why whereas we use green coriander as a whole leaves along the stems, for pudina chutney we only use leaves. 

Indian Cuisine is having many recipes for Pudina Chutney. These recipes actually represents regional taste of India. Specific tadka version of Mint Chutney is usually made in South Indian states and few version are popular in North Indian states. One very common chutney recipe is this where no cooking is involved and this chutney is prepared as a side to serve with fried snacks. 

Fried snacks are served with chutney and specifically Pudina Chutney because it helps in digestion of oily / fried foods. Pudina chutney is also served with Parantha, Poori and Kachori. Pudina Chutney is mostly accompanied with samosa and other chats. 

In hotels you have seen the yogurt chutney , that is also a very common preparation for pudina chutney throughout the Indian States. 

Here is a very simple recipe pudina chutney recipe.

Recipe Details : Pudina Chutney

Ingredients for Pudina Chutney

Pudina (Mint Leaf) : 2 cups

Ginger : 1 inch

Green Chili : 2

Salt to taste

Tomato : 1

Onion : 1

Sugar : 1 pinch

Lemon Juice : 1 tsp

How to make Mint Leaves / Pudina Chutney

To make Pudina Chutney,, pluck the pudina leaves and wash well. In a grinder add washed pudina leaves, chopped ginger and chopped tomato. Tomato is used to add a little tang in pudina chutney. You can also add some lemon juice to make it even more tangy.

Now add chopped green chilli in grinder. Add chopped onion as well. Add sugar and salt. Add 2 - 3 tbsp of water in grinder and grind the mix to a paste.

Pudina Chutney is ready. It is a quicke, no cooking tasty tangy refreshing side dish to accompany the snack food.

Adding lemon juice in pudina chutney also increases the shelf life of chutney. Once made pudina chutney can be stored in refrigerator for 4 - 5 days. If you want to store pudina chutney for longer than this, add 1 spoon of white vinegar or apple cider and keep refrigerated.

Other recipes using pudina like Pudina Sharbat, Pudina paratha, pudina / mint pulao and many more.

What is Pudina in english ?

Spearmint

What is pudina good for ?

Pudina is known and used for its refreshing and carminative (gas removal ) properties.

What can be done to store pudina chutney for longer ?

Adding some vinegar can add extra shelf life to pudina chutney.