Easy Red Chilli Garlic Chutney - Gujarati lasan ni chutney

This easy red chilli garlic chutney will perk up your sandwiches and is the most delicious dip for Indian snacks.

Love adding a burst of flavour to your dishes? This red chilli garlic chutney will certainly do that.

It's as flavourful as it is colourful.

This garlic chutney recipe is a traditional recipe from Gujarat, on the west coast of India by the Arabian Sea.

It is also called lasan ni chutney and other versions of it are known as lahsun chutney, lahsun ki chutney, lehsun chutney and bellulli chutney.

Jump to:

• 👩🏻‍🍳 Biting Biting
• 📖 What's in the cookbook
• 📋 Recipes that caught my eye
• 🥦 Are the recipes vegan?
• 📖 Cookbook details
• 👩🏻‍🍳 Is garlic red chilli chutney easy to make?
• 💭 Garlic FAQs
• 🌶 Mild or hot chilli powder?
• 💭 Is this chilli garlic chutney recipe gluten-free?
• 🌶 How long does red chilli chutney take to mature?
• 💭 How to sterilise a jam jar
• 🥘 What you need to make red chilli and garlic chutney
• 🍛 How to serve red chilli chutney
• 👩🏻‍🍳 Urvashi's tips for serving chilli and garlic chutney
• 🍛 More vegan Indian recipes to try
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

👩🏻‍🍳 Biting Biting

This luscious red garlic chutney comes from a fabulous new cookbook called Biting Biting by Urvashi Roe.

What does biting biting mean, you may ask?

The title refers to the name Urvashi and her family call small bites and snacks and that's what this colourful book is all about.

Urvashi was born in Tanzania to a Gujarati family and lives in London with her family.

She's lived and travelled in many countries and blends techniques and flavours from her travels with traditional family Gujarati cooking.

📖 What's in the cookbook

Here are the chapters and an idea of what they are about.

1. My Story - a bit about Urvashi and her family
2. My Essential Ingredients - a chance to look through some of the ingredients you will need to make the recipes in this book, many you will have, but all easy enough to buy in supermarkets or Indian supermarkets
3. Beer Snacks - little nibbles to enjoy with a beer or a glass of wine
4. Bhajia - freshly made and hard to resist
5. Farsan - salty snacks
6. Shaak - means curry in Gujurati, also sometimes called saak
7. Rice - lots of ideas for flavoured rice and rice dishes as well as tips for cooking it
8. Bread - flatbreads, rotli (roti), parotha (paratha), pancakes and sandwiches
9. Chutneys and Pickles - the perfect accompaniment to snacks
10. Sweet Biting - sweet snacks and desserts
11. Drinks - Lemonade, milkshakes, tea and a rather delicious cocktail
12. Oh No, Mum's Coming Over - this short chapter did make me laugh, but it also has a list of recipes for quick snacks depending on how long you have

📋 Recipes that caught my eye

Here are a few recipes that particularly grabbed my attention when I was reading the book.

• Gram Flour Crackers with Green Chillies
• Black-Eyed Beans Bhajia
• Gujarati Mashed Potato Burger
• Gram Flour Crisps
• Peanut-Stuffed Aubergines
• Masala Fried Rice
• Spiced Rotli Soup
• Sweetcorn & Cashew Curry
• Tone's Green Chilli Margarita

🥦 Are the recipes vegan?

The whole book is suitable for vegetarian and most of the recipes are vegan.

There are 52 vegan recipes (yup one for each week of the year) and most of the vegetarian recipes can be easily tweaked by using vegan cheese, yoghurt, milk etc.

📖 Cookbook details

Title: Biting Biting
Author: Urvashi Roe
Imprint: Kitchen Press
Published: 01/09/2022
ISBN: 978-1916316591
Length: 192 Pages
Dimensions: 17.5 x 2 x 24.5 cm (Hardback)
RRP: £20

👩🏻‍🍳 Is garlic red chilli chutney easy to make?

Yes this chilli garlic chutney is super easy to make.

There's not even any cooking.

You don't need any special equipment, just a blender or food processor and a sterilized jar.

💭 Garlic FAQs

🌶 Mild or hot chilli powder?

Red chilli and garlic chutney is made with chilli powder, but should you use mild or hot chilli powder?

Standard chilli powder is hot enough as the garlic brings a lot of intense flavour to this chutney, but if you are a chilli-head, feel free to try it with a hot chilli powder.

💭 Is this chilli garlic chutney recipe gluten-free?

Yes, it is naturally gluten-free.

There are not ingredients in it that include gluten.

🌶 How long does red chilli chutney take to mature?

Many British-style chutneys take months to mature, but this chutney is ready to serve much quicker.

Which is good news for us impatient types.

It is spooned into a sterilised jam jar and left to mature in the fridge for just a few days.

If you want to try some other chutney's, try hot mango chutney, homemade rhubarb chutney, apple & red onion chutney or chunky plum and apricot chutney.

💭 How to sterilise a jam jar

There are two really simple ways to sterilise a jam jar, which is important to prevent bacteria from growing and your homemade condiment from spoiling.

1.  THE TRADITIONAL METHOD - Wash the jars and lids in hot soapy water, then place on a tray in a hot oven for 15-20 minutes. Do not dry the jars and lids before placing them in the oven, just shake off the excess water.
2. THE MODERN METHOD - Run your jars and lids through a hot cycle in the dishwasher.

Once the jars are sterilised you want to add the chutney while it is still hot.

Be careful not to touch the inside of the jars or lids when canning the preserves or chutney you will have undone all that work sterilising the jars and could introduce bacteria from your fingers.

🥘 What you need to make red chilli and garlic chutney

Here are the simple ingredients you need to make this delicious garlic chutney.

• Garlic bulbs - yes more than one
• Salt
• Chilli powder
• Olive oil
• Lemon juice

🍛 How to serve red chilli chutney

Here are some ideas of how to serve this gorgeous chilli chutney, although I'm sure you will come up with lots more ideas once a jar of it is sitting in your fridge.

1. Onion bhaji - serve as a dip
2. Vegetable samosa - serve as a dip
3. Potato wedges - as a dip
4. Crackers - serve as a spread or dip, try these easy homemade paprika crackers
5. Stews - add to stews for a boost of flavour, try adding some to this mixed vegetable sambar
6. Soup - add to soup for a boost of flavour
7. Pizza sauce - add to pizza sauce to give it a zing, try it on these sesame bagel pizzas
8. Toastie - a spread in a cheese toastie
9. Sandwiches & wraps - spread on a sandwich or wrap before you add your fillings
10. Quesadilla - spread in a quesadilla before adding the cheese, try this smoky vegetable quesadilla with yoghurt sriracha dip
11. Burgers - try this on homemade black bean burgers on a bun for a bit of spice

If you like a bit of heat, try my easy vegan Buffalo sauce next or Indian mint & coriander (cilantro) chutney.

👩🏻‍🍳 Urvashi's tips for serving chilli and garlic chutney

Here are the ways Urvashi like to serve this Gujarati garlic chutney.

• Spoonful on the side - Urvashi's dad serves a spoonful of this on the side of his meals, he swears it aids digestion
• Yoghurt - Stirred through vegan yoghurt as a dip for paratha or other flatbread (try these easy homemade chapati)
• Thin with olive oil - then toss through pasta and top with toasted seeds, breadcrumbs and fresh parsley.
• Baked potato - mash into a baked potato filling and top with vegan cream cheese

🍛 More vegan Indian recipes to try

Here are a few more of my favourite Indian or Indian-inspired recipes for you to try next.

1. Curried Coronation Coleslaw
2. Easy Aubergine Balti
3. Homestyle Potato & Cauliflower Curry
4. Onion Bhaji Lunch Wrap
5. Spinach & Coconut Dhal
6. Spicy Onion Bhaji Sandwich with Curried Slaw
7. Sweetcorn Curry with Cashews
8. Tandoori Paste