Blog Bites #2: Gunpowder

Its been years since I ate amazingly tasty gunpowder. I think I must have tasted it at some restaurant and fell in love with hot and sour taste. But it took me a while to know what exactly it was. In early 90's one elderly couple moved in our neighborhood from Pune. Uncle was a priest and used to do different poojas and and aunty was nice homely lady. They were a Kannad speaking couple and as my father speaks Kannada they became our family friends instantly. Uncle and aunty both were really good cooks. Simple sambar, rassam also tasted wonderful when they made it. I tasted best gunpowder ever made by this couple. It tasted great with everything including usual staples like Idli, dosa and curd rice. I loved it sprinkled over toasted bread with dab of butter. They suddenly had to move to another town due to some personal reasons. They gave a big bag of gunpowder before they left. We stayed in touch for few years but it never occurred to me or my mom to take a recipe from him and make it ourselves. It was when I came here, I realized it but by then they had moved somewhere else. I was searching for a good gunpowder recipe since long time and I came across MTR's readymade chutney pudi. It was not the greatest but I could live with that for a while.

Chutney Pudi

I was searching for gunpowder recipes on my favorite search engine, and in the first few results I found this recipe. I knew her as great knitter. Looking at the recipes and food items that she has posted on her blog she is a foodie like me. Her recipe was so great with step by step photos and her mom making it. I didn't need to look any further. I was just waiting to finish my store bought chutney so I can make my own.

All together it took me not more than 20-25 minutes from start to finish and this amazingly tasty chutney was ready for us to enjoy. I made idlis and dosas in the same week to enjoy it. My favorite way to enjoy chutney with nice and soft idlis and little bit of olive oil. It is heaven in your plate.

I did not make any changes to the proportions or ingredients as the original recipe is just perfect. Thanks desikntter for such a wonderful recipe. And I think it is perfect entry for Nupur's Blog bites #2 - Copy Cat edition.