Need recipe for chutney, here is an Ayurvedic sesame chutney that goes well with Indian dosa, pancakes, you name it. Health with fun. Enjoy
Tired of the preservative packed sauces?! But need something yummy and healthy to compliment with your savoury dishes?! Here’s your finger licking happiness in the form of Sesame Chutney!
Usually, when we prepare a particular dish, we need something complimenting it that is a bit sour and spicy! Most of the times we find solutions having preservatives, artificial colours and a number of chemicals. A healthy option to this is this Sesame chutney! They not only pair with your dishes but aid facilitating digestion and tummy detox. The spices and the condiments of the same help with the nutrition and stimulating your digestive fire.
Sesame is considered to be one of the greatest oleating substances according to Acharya Charaka. Hence, they are mostly consumed to pacify the Vata Dosha in the form of extracted oil. Sesame seeds will moisture your body from inside and outside if consumed in winter period specifically.
Ayurvedic Sesame Chutney
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Indicated for Prakritis: Vata and Kapha
Can be paired with: Suji Besan Pancakes, Dosas, Utthapas, Chillas, Chapati
Ingredients Quantity
- Black sesame – 6 spoon
- Coriander leaves – 1 bowl
- Garlic – 6 cloves
- Black pepper powder – 1 spoon
- Lemon juice – 5 spoon
- Cumin seeds – 1 spoon
- Peanut (optional) – 2 spoon
- Salt – As per taste
- Sugar – 1 spoon
- Water – As required
Method of preparation
- Roast the Sesame seeds in an open pan on a low flame.
- Take care that they do not get overcooked or burnt.
- Chop the Coriander and garlic.
- Add all the ingredients together into the mixer.
- Grind the mixture well for 5 minutes.
- Add water considering the consistency of the Chutney.
Your Sesame chutney is ready to be eaten with your savoury Pancakes, parathas or dosas!
Bio-characteristics of the preparation
- Rasa (Taste): Sweet, Bitter, Astringent
- Guna (Qualities): Minute (enters minute body channels), hot, gets absorbed and enters body channels very quickly, strong, piercing, clear, heavy to digest, eases bowel movements, loosens joints, scraping.
- Vipaka (Post digestive effect): Undergoes sweet taste conversion after digestion
- Veerya (Potency): Hot
Health Benefits
Problems with your regular bowel movements?! Feeling constipated often?!
This sesame seed chutney will definitely help you! Sesame seeds are rich in oils and hence they moisture your GIT. Passing of stools become smooth and convenient with this sesame chutney. So, set your imagination and get a relief from your constipation at the same time!
Irritated or itchy scalp?! Low oil content in your diet?!
This sesame seeds contain a very good amount of oil hence help you manage dry scalp, itching and irritating scalp. The scalp needs oleating and oiling which is being provided by the sesame seeds through your diet.
Do you have repeated complaints about dry skin?! Has the glow of your skin disappeared suddenly?!
This may be due to lack of healthy fats and oils in your daily diet. Do include this chutney in your meals to get back the soft and supple texture of your skin and heal from within.
Need stronger bones?! High stamina?!
The sesame seeds are rich in calcium and zinc help in building your body structure and strengthening your bones. Also, regular consumption of the sesame seeds reduces your risk of osteoporosis in the advanced ages.
Does your immune system require a boost?!
Sesame are packed with minerals help in building immune system. Zinc, selenium, copper, iron, vitamin B6, and vitamin E are the prime minerals in the sesame seeds which will definitely help you with your immunity issues.
Owing to these numerous benefits of the Sesame seed chutney, why not try it today itself? It’s time to bid farewell to your preservative flooded sauces and vinegar added pickles! Rush to the kitchen now and get your sesame chutney ready! Don’t forget to tell us in the comment section about your wonderful finger licking experience of the chutney!
