Wood apple is known as koitha in Odia . The pulp of the ripe wood apple is mixed with jaggery ,green chili and enjoy. It is a spicy, sweet and sour chutney.

In India, the fruit was traditionally a ‘poor man’s food’ .
‘wood apple,’ is also referred to as
elephant apple, monkey fruit, curd
apple, Keth bel, golden apple, stone
apple, etc.It is native to the dry plains of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, where it
grows in the wild.

It has lot of health benefits and it’s very rich in minerals like iron, phosphorus and calcium. It’s also a rich source of vitamin B and citric acid.It helps to cure constipation, peptic ulcer. It controls cholesterol level, dibeties, uric level.

It was very tasty and everyone liked it at home.

Today we will learn how to make Koitha chutney with this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Preparation Time : 10min

Cooking Time:0min

Cuisine:Indian

Course: Side dish

Author: Resmarani

INGREDIENTS OF WOOD APPLE CHUTNEY

Wood apple-2
Green chili-2
Coriander leaves- 4-5strings
Salt to taste
Sugar/jaggery-3table spoons
Curry leaves-1string
Water-1teaspoon(if required then add)

Preparation

Steps of wood apple chutney recipe:

Clean the wood apple properly and break it.
Scoop the flesh from wood apple and keep aside.

Blend the wood apple flesh with green chili, coriander leaves, curry leaves, jaggery, salt as per taste and make a paste. If required add water during blending.

Enjoy mouth watering wood apple chutney with rice or roti.

A Quick Summary:

INGREDIENTS

Wood apple-2
Green chili-2
Coriander leaves- 4-5strings
Salt to taste
Sugar/jaggery-3table spoons
Curry leaves-1string
Water-1teaspoon(if required then add)

Directions:

Clean the wood apple properly and break it.
Scoop the flesh from wood apple and keep aside.
Blend the wood apple flesh with green chili, coriander leaves, curry leaves, jaggery, salt as per taste and make a paste. If required add water during blending.
Enjoy mouth watering wood apple chutney with rice or roti.

Hope you all will love this sweet, sour, spice recipe.. Please do share your comments .

Happy cooking !!!!!!!!!!!!