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This is the only Red Chutney recipe you will ever make now

Gary Mehigan’s version of the Red Chutney is often used in Mumbai’s popular street foods

Image courtesy: garymehigan/Instagram and Amit Pramanik

“Bhaiya, aur tikha please.”  Yes, most of us have said it and if not, heard it while eating street food in Mumbai. But now lucky for us, chef Gary Mehigan has shared his recipe for the Red Chutney that goes in Bombay Sandwiches, so we can make it… not tikha but as jhaal as we want.

The chef begins by soaking some big Kashmiri chillies so they become plump and juicy. The next step is all about making a paste out of it while adding garlic, roasted cumin, roasted Chana Dal, a pinch of salt and black salt. To add a little more zing, the chef also adds some chaat spice. He also adds a tip in his caption about how he will be making the entire paste luscious and therefore ready to use after.

The celebrity chef has close association with India. This year, he had appeared for a chef masterclass and had shot a Durga Puja episode with National Geographic’s India's Mega Festivals in the city.

 — Urvashi Bhattacharya

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