Mint/Puthina chutney

Mint/Puthina chutney

Why should you include mint on your family table twice in a week?

1. Mint is a great appetizer and promotes digestion
2. It prevents nausea and vomiting
3. Prevents respiratory infections
4. Enhances the memory power
5. It consumes fat and helps in weight loss
6. Improves fertility power
7. It cleanses and freshens the mouth
8. It has certain enzymes and helps to prevent cancer

Mint/Puthina chutney
Preparation time- 05 mins
Cooking time-  10mins 
Total time- 15 mins

Ingredients for Mint/Puthina chutney :

1. Oil- 1 tsp
2. Mustard seeds and cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
3. Garlic- 1 tsp
4. Sambar onion/Shallots- 5 no.
5. Green chili-1 no.
6. Red chili-2 no.
7. Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
8. Mint leaves- 1 cup
9. Tamarind paste- 1 tsp
10. Salt- 1 tsp
11. Coconut -10 tsp (optional)

Method:

Step 1: Keep mint leaves in fresh water for 15 minutes and wash it very well.

Step 2: Take a pan, pour oil, add red chili, mustard and cumin seeds and let it splutter. Add garlic and onion and sort it well. Add green chili and turmeric powder and mix it well. 

Step 3: Add mint leaves and mix it well. Let it cooked as open for five minutes. Add coconut, salt and tamarind paste together and mix it well. Take a mixer jar, put all the mixture and grind it as paste. Transfer to a plate and you can serve it.

Suggestions

Diet for kids

• Reduce chili and tamarind, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil and salt also

Antenatal diet

• Reduce chili and tamarind, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil/coconut, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure

Diet for lactating mothers

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil/coconut, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure

Postnatal diet

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil/coconut, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure

Diet for diabetic persons

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil/coconut, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oil/coconut, as it increases cholesterol level (It's a precautionary measure)
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (It's a precautionary measure)

Diet for cardiac persons

• Reduce chili, as it contributes to acidity
• Reduce oi/coconutl, as it increases cholesterol level (It's a precautionary measure)
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (It's a precautionary measure)