Wood Apple Chutney

Ingredients	Measurements	Tablespoon
Wood apple	3	-
Green chilli	10	-
Mustard seeds	-	½
Cumin seeds	-	½
Black gram	-	½
Bengal gram	-	½
Curry leaves	Few	-
Oil	As required	-
Water	As Needed	-
Salt	To taste	-
Dry chilli	2	-
Asafoetida	Pinch	-
Garlic cloves	4	-

Directions to Prepare Wood Apple Chutney:

Step 1:  Take a wood apple and break the wood apple like a coconut and scoop out the pulp from wood apple and transfer the wood apple pulp into a bowl and set aside.

Step 2: Boil the water in another vessel for few minutes then add the small amount of boiled water to the wood apple pulp and stir them well and now remove the seeds from pulp and set aside

Step 3: Wash the green chilli well and slit them and keep aside.

Step 4: Take a frying pan and pour required amount of oil, and add green chilies, cumin seeds, black gram, Bengal gram, add required amount of salt and garlic cloves fry it for few minutes till they become roast then add the prepared wood apple paste and cook it for 3 minutes then switch off the flame and allow it to cool.

Step 5: Once it become cool then take a blender add fried ingredients along with wood apple pulp and grind it very well and make a thick paste then transfer the prepared paste into a bowl and set aside.

Step 6: For seasoning take a frying pan and pour oil add mustard seeds, few curry leaves, dry chili and add pinch of asafoetida powder stir them well and fry it for 2 to 3 minutes in medium flame then turn off the flame and add this to the prepared wood apple mixture.

Step 7: Try and serve this tasty south Indian wood apple chutney food recipe along with plain steamed rice.