South Indian
Ginger Chutney (Allam Pachadi)
Ginger Chutney (Allam Pachadi) is South Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup, chopped fresh ginger
- 2 tbsp tamarind pulp
- 6 dried red chilies
- 2 tbsp jaggery
- 1 tbsp chana dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 10 curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Dry roast the chana dal, urad dal, and dried red chilies in a pan until golden and fragrant, then cool.
- Blend the roasted dal and chilies with the ginger, tamarind pulp, jaggery, and salt, adding a splash of water, into a thick, tangy chutney.
- Heat the sesame oil in a small pan, let the mustard seeds pop, then add the curry leaves and let them crackle.
- Pour the tempering over the chutney and serve alongside dosa, idli, or rice.
Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ginger Chutney (Allam Pachadi), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ginger Chutney (Allam Pachadi) carries sesame. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Coconut Chutney |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables and Pulses
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Ginger Chutney (Allam Pachadi) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on ginger and tamarind.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from South India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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