Kale Chutney | Kale Thogayal | Chutney Recipe

Kale Chutney, a healthy and tasty chutney made the kale. In recent times, kale becomes so popular and i have seen lot of recipe with kale on the social media, it's considered as one of the nutritious greens by the nutritionist. It has so many vital vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, so it's highly recommended by nutritionist to include in our diet frequently. But kale is totally new to me, apart from making chips which we love to the core, i haven't had any idea on how to use it in our daily cooking. 

After knowing the nutritional value of kale, i thought of include them in our diet more frequently, but the recipes that i found online for kale were mostly salads, since we are not salad people, i bought them very rarely for chips only. Recently when i chat with my neighbor, she told me that she makes chutney with kale, instantly i love the idea, but i forget to ask her for the recipe, so i went with the my favorite coriander chutney recipe instead of coriander i used kale. To my surprise, it was so good and really liked it, ever since it's became one of the regular chutney in my home for the morning breakfast, sometime i made them as thick thogayal and had with rice too, either way it taste awesome.

Kale Chutney | Kale Thogayal

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Serves : 2 - 4 
Recipe Category: Chutney | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Kale - 1/4 bunch
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Red Chili - 2
Garlic - 1 pod
Tamarind - a small piece
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
To Temper
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Mustard & urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few

Procedure

First heat the pan with 1/2 tsp of oil, add the chana dal, urad dal and red chili, roast them till the dals are golden brown,remove from the pan and keep it aside.Next remove the thick stalk from the kale, chop them roughly and add into the same pan along with garlic and tamarind. Add enough water and cover cook them till the kale becomes soft. Let it cool completely. In a mixie jar, add the roasted dals,chili and coconut.Grind them into coarse mixture, then add the cooked kale, enough water (you can use the cooked water from the kale if you have) and salt into it and grind them again into smooth chutney.Temper the ingredients listed under "To Temper " and add into the chutney. Tasty and healthy Kale chutney is ready. Serve it with tiffin or you can have it as thogayal with rice also.

Notes:

• It takes 8-10 mins to cook the kale soft in the medium flame.
• Even the 1/4 bunch of kale gives chutney enough for minimum 3 person.
• Adjust the chili as per your taste and also you can use the green chili too.