Everybody knows the health benefits of flaxseeds but how to include it in our daily diet is a big question in everyone's mind, as there are hardly any receipe with these seeds. So I have come up with this multipurpose dry chutney powder! Yes, it is called multipurpose chutney because you can use it as it is or you can mix it in various recepies to include it in your daily diet to get daily health boost of flaxseeds nutrients, fibre and omega-3 fatty acid.
Flaxseeds are superseeds with super health benefits and also help one in natural weight loss. Include them daily in your diet to get the health benefit of plant based omega-3 fatty acid and soluble fibre in your diet. Make this dry chutney and relish its taste along with health benefits.
This chutney is really simple to make and can be kept in an airtight jar or container for a month to use. So no need to make it daily, just make it once in a month, store it and use it as a chutney with your daily meal as a side dish or you can also mix it in various curries or dals to thicken the gravy and also to enhance the taste of your curry. You can also use it as a seasoning for salads or sprinckle it in your sandwiches or pasta. It's uses are multipurpose in various receipes , have it as you like. Try this simple tasty dry flaxseed chutney powder for your good health daily to keep yourself and your heart healthy.
Step by step receipe:
Ingredients:
250g flaxseeds
2 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp kalaunji or onion seeds
6 dry red chillies
20 garlic cloves
salt as per your taste
1tbsp dry mango powder (optional, add if you want it little tangy )
1. Roast flaxseeds in a deep kadai or pan in a low heat till it starts giving you nice flaxseed aroma or when it starts to give crackling sound.
Caution: Don't roast it too much, because too much roasting will burn it and also too much exposure to high heat will make it loose it's natural omega-3 fatty acids and other healthy nutrients. So always roast in slow heat by continous stirring it to avoid it burning. Continous stirring will also give uniform heat exposure to all the flaxseeds, so they will be uniformly roasted. After roasting keep them aside in separate plate or vessel to cool.
2. Roast all the garlic cloves in slow heat till it starts giving you nice aroma and you can see some black spots are formed in garlic due to heating. Keep them aside in a plate to cool. Peel the skin of the garlic cloves when they are cooled.
3. Roast together dry chillies, coriander seeds, onion seeds for some time till you get nice aroma of all these spices, dont overheat them otherwise they will get burnt.
4. Wait till all the spices and flaxseeds are cooled to normal temperature.
5. Put all the ingredients includings flaxseeds and all the spices in the mixer grinder. Add salt as per your taste. Grind all the ingredients to a coarse paste.
The coarse chutney powder look like this.
6. Your flaxseed dry chutney powder is ready to eat now. You can store this powder in an airtight jar or container and can be used for a month.
Relish this chutney with idli, dosa, chappati or any Indian bread or include in your meal as a side dish. Add this chutney powder to your curries to thicken it and also for enhancing and giving new flavour and taste to it or use it as seasoning in various salads or pasta daily to get the health benefit of omega-3 fatty acid and soluble fibre in flaxseeds.
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