Chatakdar Kharda (चटकदार खर्डा )

Kharda or Thecha (ठेचा ) is a kind of chatni which is very popular in most of the households in Maharshtra . This spicy hot chatni gives your tastebuds a raw taste which is hard to find in any of the processed spreads.

Ingredients:

8 green chillies

8 garlic cloves

Crushed peanuts -1 tblspn

Salt to taste

Method:

• Put the garlic cloves and green chillies on gas burner and roast them till brown.

• When these 2 main ingredients are roasted , they give a very rustic kind of smell and taste.
• Let them col down for 5 minutes .
• Now put them in a grinder and add crushed peanuts and salt and grind coarsely.
• Remember the chatni should be coarse as if they are pounded.
• You can enjoy this Kharda with Bhakri or Chapati aur any variety of bread.

A lot of people prefer to saute the chlilies in garlic in hot oil. But this one with gives a very raw taste just like the food cooked in villages . So try it today !! HAPPY COOKING!

Chandana Mungre Kashid

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