Sometimes Indian cooks use yogurt to make a cooling, barely-spicy raita sauce to accompany a meal. But for snacking, and to give a lift to anything that dips into it, you can also make yogurt into a fiery chutney.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup roughly chopped mint leaves
  • 1 cup roughly chopped cilantro leaves
  • 2 or 3 green chiles, chopped
  • 4 scallions, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • teaspoon cayenne
  • ½ cup plain whole-milk yogurt

    About 1 cup

    Preparation

    1. Using a food processor or blender, grind mint, cilantro, chiles, scallions, salt, sugar and cayenne to a purée, adding a small amount of water if necessary.
    2. Transfer mixture to a small bowl, stir in yogurt and mix well. Taste and adjust seasoning. It should be very spicy.

    15 minutes

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