How to make Hotel Style Kaara Chutney

This hotel style kaara chutney or simply the spicy chutney is very easy to make chutney yet tastes very delicious.

In some hotels the color and texture of the chutney simple attracts us too much. And there is a saying that, we can eat more idli’s based on the taste of the chutney’s alone. One such chutney is this kaara chutney recipe. Today we see how to make the hotel style chutney.

For any kind of chutney, I always prefer the gingelly oil or the so called sesame oil. It is good for health and chutneys taste great with this oil compared to other oils.

If you love the chutney’s then do have a look at the below tempting chutney recipes.

• Kadala paruppu chutney
• spicy onion chutney
• Fried gram chutney with coconut
• Simple onion tomato chutney
• Peanut chutney

You can also check the full collection of the chutney recipes in my site.

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Now Lets see how to make the Hotel style kaara chutney with step by step instructions and a video for your easy understanding.

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Hotel style kaara chutney recipe

Hotel style kaara chutney recipe is an easy and spicy chutney recipe, which goes well with idli and dosa. If you have this chutney, you can not resist eating at least 6 hot hot idli’s.

Course chutney, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, tamil nadu

Keyword hotel style kaara chutney, kaara chutney

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes minutes

0 minutes minutes

Total Time 13 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Calories 50kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

For chutney

• Gingelly Oil – 2 tbsp
• Onion – 2 big size
• tomato – 2 med size
• red chilli – 7 to 8 adjust as per your spice level (but the more the tastier)
• salt – as needed
• garlic – 3
• asafoetida – little
• grated coconut – 1/2 to 3/4 tbsp
• kashmiri chilli powder – 1 tbsp or kashmiri chilli – 1 or 2

For Tempering

• Gingelly oil – 2 tsp
• mustard seeds – little
• black gram – 1/2 tsp
• curry leaves – 2 springs

Instructions

To prepare the chutney

• For this kaara chutney, add 2 tbsp of gingelly oil in a pan and when the oil is hot, add the onion, garlic and salt. I also personally prefer the rock salt or himalayan salt for the chutney.
• Saute the ingredients well, until the onion becomes translucent. Now add the chopped tomato and the red chillies. The tomatoes must be tangy for this recipe, else you can add a little tamarind to this. Also adjust the chillies according to your spice level. The added chillies are spicy enough for our family taste buds.
• Saute them again for a while. Now add the grated coconut and the kashmiri chilli powder.
• Saute till the water content goes off and switch off the stove. allow to cool down completely and transfer to a mixie jar or a food processor.
• without adding any water, grind to a smooth paste. keep it aside.

Prepare the tempering

• To prepare the tempering, in a pan or vessel, add 2 tsp of gingelly oil and when hot, add the mustard, black gram (urud dal), and curry leaves.
• Now fry the dal till it turns light brown in color and switch off. Transfer the chutney to the serving bowl.
• Add the tempering to the chutney and mix well.
• Tasty, tempting and spicy Hotel style Kaara chutney is ready to served.

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Notes

check the below notes

Ingredients to make the recipe

For chutney

• Gingelly Oil – 2 tbsp
• Onion – 2 big size
• tomato – 2 med size
• red chilli – 7 to 8 (adjust as per your spice level) (but the more the tastier)
• salt – as needed
• garlic – 3
• asafoetida – little
• grated coconut – 1/2 to 3/4 tbsp
• kashmiri chilli powder – 1 tbsp (or kashmiri chilli – 1 or 2)

For Tempering

• Gingelly oil – 2 tsp
• mustard seeds – little
• black gram – 1/2 tsp
• curry leaves – 2 springs

Step by step instructions for preparing the Hotel Style Kaara chutney recipe

Lets see the step by step procedure to make the kaara chutney recipe with pictures.

To prepare the chutney

For this kaara chutney, add 2 tbsp of gingelly oil in a pan and when the oil is hot, add the onion, garlic and salt. I also personally prefer the rock salt or himalayan salt for the chutney.

Saute the ingredients well, until the onion becomes translucent. Now add the chopped tomato and the red chillies. The tomatoes must be tangy for this recipe, else you can add a little tamarind to this. Also adjust the chillies according to your spice level. The added chillies are spicy enough for our family taste buds.

Saute them again for a while. Now add the grated coconut and the kashmiri chilli powder. This kashmiri chilli powder is added to give nice color to the chutney. If you have the kashmiri chilli itself, then you can add 1 or 2 in the above step itself. since I don’t have them in hand, I have added the powder.

Saute till the water content goes off and switch off the stove. allow to cool down completely and transfer to a mixie jar or a food processor.

without adding any water, grind to a smooth paste. keep it aside.

Prepare the tempering

To prepare the tempering, in a pan or vessel, add 2 tsp of gingelly oil and when hot, add the mustard, black gram (urud dal), and curry leaves. If you want you can add one or two dry chilli. But as our chutney is spicy already, I have avoided adding the chilli here.

Now fry the dal till it turns light brown in color and switch off. Transfer the chutney to the serving bowl.

Add the tempering to the chutney and mix well.

Tasty, tempting and spicy Hotel style Kaara chutney is ready to served.

Serve the Hotel style kaara chutney with hot idli’s or dosa.

Notes

1. Always use sesame oil or the gingelly oil for chutneys.
2. Adding the kashmiri chilli powder gives a nice red color to your chutney. But is purely optional only.
3. Adjust the chillies as per your spice level.

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Here is a collection of chutney Recipes | Chutney recipes for idli, dosa, so that you no need to search the internet again and again. We South Indians prepare different varieties of chutneys as a accompaniment for idli, dosa, oothappam etc.

Chutney Recipes | Chutney Recipes for Idli, dosa

In this Chutney recipes | Chutney recipes for idli, dosa collection, I have always included some thuvayal recipes which can be eaten with plain rice as well as dosa or oothappams.

Here I have given the chutney recipes | Chutney Recipes for idli, dosa which I have tried, tasted and tested in our family. Hope you also would try and leave your comments. I will be updating this post, so if you want you can bookmark for future reference.

Chutney Recipes

Kadalai Paruppu Chutney – This chutney can be prepare without any vegetables, yes not even tomato needed for this chutney. If you have kadalai paruppu (chana dal) and tamarind, then you are ready to prepare this chutney. Of course you need chillies.

Spicy Onion Chutney – This Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney is really a tasty and simple to make Chutney Recipe which goes very well with the idli, dosa and even chappathi. When this kind os spicy chutney is prepared and served, I bet, people can eat more than they nor ally eat.

Pottukadalai Chutney with Coconut ( fried gram chutney with Coconut – This is very simple chutney and many people used to make it as it tastes great by the addition of coconut. This chutney can also be prepared without coconut.

Onion Tomato Chutney is one of our family favourite chutney. There are many varieties of Onion tomato Chutney and this one is the simplest of all. This chutney I learned from my hubby as he is fond of this chutney.

Groundnut chutney or peanut chutney – This ground nut chutney or the peanut chutney is my little ones favourite. This chutney is without the addition of coconut, so we can say, it is a pure groundnut chutney. There is also another version of chutney which uses coconut.

Coriander Chutney – This Coriander chutney is a healthy chutney and the consistency can be adjusted as our wish. Some people think it is similar to the sandwich chutney that is made in North India, but it is very different version.

Varamilagai Chutney – If you like spicier chutneys, then this varamilagai chutney (dried red chilli chutney ) is for you. The main ingredient in this chutney is only the dried red chillies and if you cant tolerate the spiciness, little onion and tomato are added to equalize the spice.

Coconut Chutney with pottukadalai – This coconut chutney is one of the easy and tasty chutney. There are so many varieties of coconut chutney that is prepared in every house hold of Tamil Nadu. This chutney is a common chutney which is prepared with fried gram.

This Hotel Style Kaara chutney is easy to make and a spicy chutney. The addition of the kashmiri chilli in this gives a nice attractive color to this chutney. This chutney is famous in many hotels of Tamil Nadu.

Thuvayal Recipes

Thuvayal recipes are also a kind of chutney in which we can add them to just white rice along with a teaspoon of ghee, mix and eat. It looks simple yet it tastes so yummy.

Kollu thuvayal – Kollu Thuvayal is one of the most healthiest thuvayal recipe which helps in loosing weight. As said, a teaspoon of ghee and 2 tbsp of this thuvayal daily in white rice makes a healthy meal.

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Vara Milagai Chutney | Red Chilli Chutney | Kaara Chutney Recipe is really a very spicy chutney recipe which goes very well with idli, dosa, chappathi etc.

You can also check my below collections

15+ chutney recipes for idli and dosa

Step by step instructions for Vara milagai chutney | Red chilli chutney

Ingredients

Red chillies – 10 nos
Onion – 1 medium sized ( or 10 shallots )
Tomato – 1 medium sized
Tamarind – a small piece
Garlic cloves – 4 to 5
Salt – as per taste
Water – as needed

 

For Tempering
Cooking oil – 2 tbsp (Gingely oil works best)
Mustard seeds – 2 pinch
Urud dal – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – few

 

Method to prepare the chutney

1. Take the mentioned ingredients. ( I had only 3 cloves of garlic and so added 1 tsp of garlic paste while grinding)

 

2. Transfer them to the food processor adding little water. Add required salt. 

 

3. Grind to a coarse paste. 

 

4. In a pan or vessel, add oil and then the tempering ingredients one by one. Fry till light brown. 

 

 

5. Now add the ground paste.

 

 

6. Sauté it nicely till the extra water and raw smell goes off.

 

 

7. When it comes to thick consistency, switch off the stove. 

 

 

8. Serve it with hot idlis or dosas. I had it with hot kuzhipaniyaram. 

 

 

 

Notes:

1. Adding shallots gives more taste. 

2. The spice level of the chutney can be increased or decreased as per the taste.
3. Gingely oil gives a nice taste, compared to other cooking oil. So try to use gingely oil.

Recipe for varamilagai chutney

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Vara Milagai Chutney | Red Chilli Chutney | Kaara Chutney Recipe

Vara Milagai Chutney or Chilli chutney popularly know as Kara Chutney has become my favorite chutney now a days. I first tasted this chutney in my chithi’s house. She is a great cook and cooks variety of chutneys. When I tasted this chutney for the hot hot idli’s, I could not resist myself from asking some more.

Also If you like spicier chutneys, then this varamilagai chutney (dried red chilli chutney ) is for you. The main ingredient in this chutney is only the dried red chillies and if you cant tolerate the spiciness, little onion and tomato are added to equalize the spice.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine South Indian, tamil nadu

Keyword kaara chutney, red chilli chutney, varamilagai chutney

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Calories 200kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Red chillies – 10 nos
• Onion – 1 medium sized or 10 shallots
• Tomato – 1 medium sized
• Tamarind – a small piece
• Garlic cloves – 4 to 5
• Salt – as per taste
• Water – as needed

For Tempering

• Cooking oil – 2 tbsp Gingely oil works best
• Mustard seeds – 2 pinch
• Urud dal – 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• red chilli chutney

Instructions

• Take the mentioned ingredients. ( I had only 3 cloves of garlic and so added 1 tsp of garlic paste while grinding)
• Transfer them to the food processor adding little water. Add required salt.
• Grind to a coarse paste.
• In a pan or vessel, add oil and then the tempering ingredients one by one. Fry till light brown.
• Now add the ground paste.
• Sauté it nicely till the extra water and raw smell goes off.
• When it comes to thick consistency, switch off the stove.
• Serve it with hot idlis or dosas. I had it with hot kuzhipaniyaram.

Notes

Adding shallots gives more taste. 2. The spice level of the chutney can be increased or decreased as per the taste. 3. Gingely oil gives a nice taste, compared to other cooking oil. So try to use gingely oil.

*post first published on Feb 11th 2016. Updated with recipe.

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Kollu thuvayal | horse gram thuvayal or the Kollu thogayal is a healthy recipe which is mostly eaten by mixing this kollu thuvayal | horse gram thuvayal in rice and ghee.

Kollu thuvayal or kollu paruppu is my mil’s signature recipe. She prepared this last week and I clicked the snaps. This kollu thuvayal can be eaten by mixing with rice and ghee or oil. With the kollu water, I prepared the kollu rasam which I already posted. There are so many health benefits of kollu and it is very useful in weight loss. Also I already Kollu rasam and Kollu sundal. My MIL says there is another version also in this, which we will see later.  Now we will see this simple version kollu thuvayal.

 

Step by step instructions to prepare kollu thuvayal | Horse gram thuvayal

Ingredients

Horse gram / Kollu – 1/2 cup or 5 tbsp

Coriander seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Dry red chilli – 2 ( or adjust according to your spice level )

Salt – as per taste 

Oil – 1/4 tsp

Water – to cook horse gram 

 

Method to prepare Kollu thuvaya | horse gram thuvayal

 

1. Take all the ingredients except salt and dry fry the kollu first till it becomes brown colour.

 

 

2. Pressure Cook the fried kollu with 1.5 cups of water for 4 to 5 whistles. Drain the water. Use the drained water to make Kollu Rasam.

4. Transfer all the contents with the kollu or horse gram and salt to the food processor or mixer grinder and grind to a coarse paste. If needed add little water.

 

5. Kollu thuvayal is ready. Mix it with hot white rice and add gingelly oil or ghee and eat it.

 

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Kollu thuvayal | Horse gram Thuvayal

This kollu thuvayal can be eaten by mixing with rice and ghee or oil. With the kollu water, we can  prepare the kollu rasam There are so many health benefits of kollu and it is very useful in weight loss. There are different version of kollu thogayal in which this is the simplest.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine tamil nadu

Keyword horsegram recipes, kollu thogayal, kollu thuvayal

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Calories 150kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Horse gram / Kollu – 1/2 cup or 5 tbsp
• Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Dry red chilli – 2 or adjust according to your spice level
• Salt – as per taste
• Oil – 1/4 tsp
• Water – to cook horse gram

Instructions

• Take all the ingredients except salt and dry fry the kollu first till it becomes brown colour.
• Pressure Cook the fried kollu with 1.5 cups of water for 4 to 5 whistles. Drain the water. Use the drained water to make Kollu Rasam.
• While cooking the horse gram, in another pan add oil and the remaining ingredients except salt. Fry for 2 min or till nice aroma comes.
• Transfer all the contents with the kollu or horse gram and salt to the food processor or mixer grinder and grind to a coarse paste. If needed add little water.
• Kollu thuvayal is ready. Mix it with hot white rice and add gingelly oil or ghee and eat it.

Notes

check the above notes

Post first published on Feb 24 2014. Updated with recipe information.

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Kadalai Paruppu Chutney | Chana Dal Chutney

Kadalai Paruppu Chutney | Channa dal Chutney can be made in two ways. One with tomato and without tomato. Here I have shown the one without tomato. when you are out of any vegetables, but still want to have chutney as your side dish for idli or dosa, then this chutney comes for help. You can adjust the consistency of this chutney as your wish ans either way it tastes too good. There is also another quick variety of garlic chutney that too doesnt require any vegetables other than garlic and I will post that recipe soon.

When I started preparing this chutney, I am out of my tomatoes and to compensate, added tamarind. Also here, I have added tamarind pulp instead of whole tamarind. This chutney turned out really awesome and I can bet you, you will definitely have 2 or more idlis if this kadalai paruppu chutney | Chana dal chutey is your side dish.

We South Indians always love to have our idli or dosa with chutneys and so we try different varieties of chutneys. Below are some of my chutney recipes, you can find in this site.

• Spicy Onion Chutney
• Onion Tomato Chutney
• Varamilagai Chutney
• Coriander Chutney
• Coconut Chutney
• Pottukadalai Chutney without coconut
• Ground nut Chutney
• Mint Chutney ( pudhina thuvayal )

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Kadalai Paruppu Chutney | Chana Dal Chutney

Kadalai Paruppu Chutney | Channa dal Chutney is an easy chutney which goes well with hot idlis, dosa, oothappam etc. It can be made in two ways. One with tomato and without tomato. when you are out of any vegetables, but still want to have chutney as your side dish for idli or dosa, then this chutney comes for help.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine South Indian

Keyword Bengal gram chutney, chana dal Chutey, kadalai paruppu chutney

Cook Time 7 minutes minutes

Total Time 7 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Calories 100kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Oil – 2 tbsp + 2tsp
• Kadalai paruppu – 2 tbsp
• Dried chilli – 8 to 10 adjsut according to your spice level
• Garlic – 3 if using small, add 6 to 8
• Tamarind water – 1/2 cup from small gooseberry size tamarind
• Grated coconut- 1/2 cup
• Salt – as per taste
• Asafoedita – little

For thalippu / tempering

• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Mustard – 1/4 tsp
• Urud dal – 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves – little

Instructions

Method to Make Kadalai Paruppu Chutney | Chana dal Chutey

• In a pan or kadai, add oil.
• When oil is hot, add kadalai paruppu.
• Saute lightly.
• Add dried chilli and garlic.
• Saute the dal, chilli and garlic nicely in low flame and fry them for about 3 to 4 min, unitl the dal turns light brown color.
• Now add the tamarind water or tamarind pulp, taken from a small gooseberry sized lemon.
• Add asafoetida.
• Once the tamarind water becomes thick ( almost half its quantity ).
• transfer the content to mixer grinder or food processor.
• To this, add the coconut and required salt.
• Add required water and grind to a smooth paste.
• Transfer to a bowl and keep aside.

To prepare temperings / Tadka / Thallippu

• In a small kadai, add 2 tbsp oil.
• When oil is hot, add the mustard seeds. When they splutter, add the urud dal.
• Add curry leaves.
• Fry til dal becomes light brown and add this temperings to the chutney.
• Mix this tempering
• Serve the yummy yummy Kadalai paruppu thengai chutney with dosa, idli etc.

Notes

Check the below notes 

Step by step instructions for Kadalai Paruppu Chutney | Chana dal Chutey

Ingredients

• Oil – 2 tbsp + 2tsp
• Kadalai paruppu – 2 tbsp
• Dried chilli – 8 to 10, adjsut according to your spice level
• Garlic – 3, if using small, add 6 to 8
• Tamarind pulp / tamarind water – 1/2 cup (taken from small gooseberry sized tamarind)
• Grated coconut- 1/2 cup
• Salt – as per taste
• Asafoedita – little

For thalippu / tempering

• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Mustard – 1/4 tsp
• Urud dal – 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves – little

Method to Make Kadalai Paruppu Chutney | Chana dal Chutey

In a pan or kadai, add oil.

When oil is hot, add kadalai paruppu.

Saute lightly.

Add dried chilli and garlic.

Saute the dal, chilli and garlic nicely in low flame and fry them for about 3 to 4 min, unitl the dal turns light brown color.

Now add the tamarind water or tamarind pulp, taken from a small gooseberry sized lemon.

Add asafoetida.

Once the tamarind water becomes thick ( almost half its quantity ).

transfer the content to mixer grinder or food processor.

To this, add the coconut and required salt.

Add required water and grind to a smooth paste.

Transfer to a bowl and keep aside.

To prepare temperings / Tadka / Thallippu

In a small kadai, add 2 tbsp oil.

When oil is hot, add the mustard seeds. When they splutter, add the urud dal.

Add curry leaves.

Fry til dal becomes light brown and add this temperings to the chutney.

Mix this tempering

Serve the yummy yummy Kadalai paruppu thengai chutney with dosa, idli etc.

Notes

• I am adding the tamarind water here, so that ingredients gets soaked well and easy to grind without any tamarind remainings. You can either add directly while grinding or add a piece to dal while sauting.
• Also you can replace tamarind with tangy tomatoes (naatu thakkali).
• Prepare tempering with Nallennai always.

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Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney Recipe

Today we see, Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney Recipe with Step by step pictures and video for your easy understanding and learning.

This Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney is really a tasty and simple to make Chutney Recipe which goes very well with the idli, dosa and even chappathi. When this kind os spicy chutney is prepared and served, I bet, people can eat more than they nor ally eat.

Also this Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney recipe will not be spoiled as like other chutney recipes. So it can be stored easily for more than 4 to 5 days when kept in fridge or 2 days when kept outside.

If you like chutney recipes, then do have a look at the other chutney recipes like below

• pottukadalai chutney without coconut
• Onion tomato chutney
• Ground nut chutney
• coriander chutney
• mint chutney with yoghurt
• Coconut chutney
• Varamilagai chutney

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Step by step instructions of Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney

Ingredients

• Onion – 2 medium-sized ( or 8 to 10 shallots )
• Dry red chilli – 6 to 8
• Garlic – 4 to 5 ( small size )
  Ginger – 1/2 to 1 inch
• Curry leaves – little
• Oil – 3 tbsp
• Tamarind pulp – 1/2 cup from a lemon size tamarind
• Asafoetida – little
• Salt as per taste

To Temper

• Oil – 1 tsp
• Mustard, urud dal and curry leaves – little

Method to make Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney

To Grind

Chop the Onion and add to the food processor or a mixer grinder.

Add the red chillies and so add the garlic, ginger, curry leaves.

Grind to a coarse paste. Keep aside.

To make chutney

In a pan or kadai, add 2 to 3 tbsp of oil.

When oil is little hot add the ground paste.

Sauté the paste nicely, for 5 to 7 minutes. Add the tamarind paste.

After the tamarind paste is added cook for 10 to 12 min or until the oil oozes out in the sides.

Once the oil oozes out, Add the asafoedita and required salt.

Now cook the chutney, until it turns out red and the quantity becomes half.

Prepare the tempering now. For this add 1 tbsp oul and little mustard and when it splutters, add the urud dal and curry leaves.

Fry for a minute and transfer to the chutney.

Yummy and Tasty Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney is ready. Serve it with hot idlis or dosa.

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Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney Recipe

Spicy Onion Chutney | Kara Vengaya Chutney is a spicy and tasty dish which can be stored for more than 2 days just outside and more than 4 to 5 days if you keep in fridge.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine tamil nadu

Keyword kara vengaya chutney, spicy onion chutney

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Onion - 2 medium-sized or 8 to 10 shallots
• Dry red chilli - 6 to 8
• Garlic - 4 to 5 small size
• Ginger - 1/2 to 1 inch
• Curry leaves - little
• Oil - 3 tbsp
• Asafoetida - little
• Salt as per taste
• Tamarind pulp - 1/2 cup from a lemon size tamarind

To Temper

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard urud dal and curry leaves - little

Instructions

To Grind

• Chop the Onion and add to the foos processor or a mixer grinder.
• Add the red chillies and so add the garlic, ginger, curry leaves.
• Grind to a coarse paste. Keep aside.

To make chutney

• In a pan or kadai, add 2 to 3 tbsp of oil.
• When oil is little hot add the ground paste.
• Sauté the paste nicely, for 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add the tamarind paste.
• After the tamarind paste is added cook for 10 to 12 min or until the oil oozes out in the sides.
• Once the oil oozes out, Add the asafoedita and required salt.
• Now cook the chutney, until it turns out red and the quantity becomes half.
• Prepare the tempering now. For this add 1 tbsp oul and little mustard and when it splutters, add the urud dal and  curry leaves. Fry for a minute and transfer to the chutney.

Notes

Check the below notes.

Notes

1. Some like to use tomatoes instead of tamarind pulp. When using them, If your tomatoes are tangy, then you can reduce the tamarind pulp to half its quantity.
2. Adding a tsp of ghee or nallennai just before serving the chutney makes the chutney more tastier.

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But, as my children started liking this chutney, now a days it has become a regular chutney for dosa or rawa dosa. I prepared this for Instant oats dosa and the combination is just great. This is an easy Chutney which can be prepared in just 10 minutes. When I am lazy to prepare some other chutney, this onion tomato chutney comes in a great help.

This chutney when mixed with the gingelly oil or ghee before serving gives a great taste and if you have added more chilli, then this will neutralize the spiciness.

• Mustard seeds – 2 pinch
• Urud dal – 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves – little ( I put 8 leaves )
• Coriander – very little
• Gingelly oil – 1 tbsp

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Onion Tomato chutney

Easy Onion Tomato Chutney Recipe which goes well with idli, dosa, chappathi etc. 

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, South Indian, tamil nadu

Keyword onion tomato chutney

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

5 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Akila

Ingredients

Ingredients List

• Mustard seeds A pinch
• 1/4 Tsp Urud dal
• 2 Onion
• 3 or 4 Tomatoes
• 3 Red chillies Can add 1 extra
• 2 Tbsp Sesame oil
• Salt as per taste

For seasoning

• 2 Pinch mustard seeds
• 1/2 Tsp Urud dal
• 1 Spring Curry leaves
• 1 tbsp Ghee/gingelly oil
• Little Coriander

Instructions

Method

• In a pan, add the oil and when hot add the onion and sauté it well ( around 3/4 cooked or it has become translucent ).
• Then add the tomato and red chillies and sauté it. 
• Add required salt and grind it to a coarse paste and transfer to the bowl.
• In another pan, add the oil and when hot, add mustard seeds. When it splutters add the Urud dhal, curry leaves. Then mix this to the chutney. 
• Serve this yummy chutney with idli or dosa. 

Step by step Pictorial for Onion Tomato Chutney

1. Add oil in a Kadai or vessel.

2. When oil is hot, add the mustard seeds. When it splitters, add urud dal.

3. Fry for few minutes. 

4. Add the red chillies and fry again for few minutes.

5. Add onion and sautè for few minutes till it becomes translucent.

6. Add tomatoes now and again sautè till it becomes mushy.

7. Transfer all the contents to a food processor or mixer grinder.

8. Add required salt and grind to a smooth paste.

9. Now prepare the tempering. In the same kadai, add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add the urud dal and fry for a min.

10. Add curry leaves and fry for few seconds.

11. Transfer the ground chutney to a serving bowl.

12. Add the prepared the tempering on top of it.

13. Serve it with idli or dosa.

14. Yummy Onion Tomato Chutney is ready.


Notes: 

1. The taste and colour of this chutney depends on how much time we sauté the onion and tomato chutney and depends on the red chillies we use. If you use Kashmiri red chillies, it gives nice color but not that spicy. Andhra chillies give less color but more are spicy.

2. While serving you can add little ghee and serve for kids as it helps to reduce to spiciness. 

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Pottukadalai Chutney
Groundnut Chutney
Mint Coriander Yogurt Chutney
Carrot Chutney

How to prepare Coriander Chutney

Ingredients

Coriander – 1 bunch

Curry leaves – 3 to 4 springs (Optional)

Red Chillies – 3 to 4

Urud dal / black gram – 1/2 tsp

Tamarind – Small amla/gooseberry size

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt – as per taste

Grated coconut – 1/4 cup

Method 

1. Wash the coriander leaves and curry leaves.

 

2. In a vessel add the oil and when it is hot, add the urud dal, red chilli.

3. When the urud dal is light brown, add the grated coconut.

4. Fry it, till the coconut is light brown.

5. Add the coriander leaves and curry leaves.

6. Saute them nicely.

7. Transfer the content to the mixer grinder or food processor adding the salt and the tamarind.

8. Add little water and grind to a coarse paste. Coriander chutney is ready to be served.

Yummy coriander chutney / Kothamalli chutney / Kothamalli thuvayal is ready to be served as a side dish for idli or dosa. 

Notes:
1. Addition of curry leaves is optional. But my mil’s adds this.
2. If you like more coconut, you can increase it to 1/2 cup.

 

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Coconut Chutney / Thengai Pottukadalai Chutney is one of the easy and tasty chutney. There are so many varieties of coconut chutney that is prepared in every house hold of Tamil Nadu. Here we are going to see the basic preparation of the coconut chutney that is famous in Tamil Nadu. This post is mostly for the beginners in cooking.

You can check some Chutney Recipes
Pottukadalai Chutney
Groundnut Chutney
Mint Coriander Yogurt Chutney
Carrot Chutney

 

How to make Coconut Chutney / Thengai chutney with pottukadalai

Preparation time: 8 min | Cook Time: 3 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side Dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients
Coconut  – 1 cup (grated)
Roasted Gram (pottukadalai) – 1/3 cup
Green chillies – 3
Onion – 1 small (optional)
Garlic – 1 clove (optional)
Salt – as per taste
Water – as required

To Temper
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 2 pinch
Urud dal – 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves – few

Method

1. Add the coconut, roasted gram, green chillies, onion, garlic, salt with little water and grind to a coarse paste. If you need, add some more water.

2. The chutney should be not be too thick or too watery. So add water little by little. The consistency should be something as shown below.

 

3. Now in a small pan, add oil and when hot, add the mustard seeds and when it splutters, add the urud dal and when it is light brown, add the curry leaves and fry for a min.

 

 

4. Transfer this tempering to the chutney.

 

Easy Coconut Chutney / Thengai Chutney is ready

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Coconut Chutney / Thengai Pottukadalai Chutney

Coconut Chutney / Thengai Pottukadalai Chutney is one of the easy and tasty chutney. There are so many varieties of coconut chutney that is prepared in every house hold of Tamil Nadu. Here we are going to see the basic preparation of the coconut chutney that is famous in Tamil Nadu.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine South Indian

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Coconut - 1 cup grated
• Roasted Gram pottukadalai - 1/3 cup
• Green chillies - 3
• Onion - 1 small optional
• Garlic - 1 clove optional
• Salt - as per taste
• Water - as required

To Temper

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 2 pinch
• Urud dal - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Coconut roasted gram chutney

Instructions

• Add the coconut, roasted gram, green chillies, onion, garlic, salt with little water and grind to a coarse paste. If you need, add some more water.
• The chutney should be not be too thick or too watery. So add water little by little. The consistency should be something as shown below.
• Now in a small pan, add oil and when hot, add the mustard seeds and when it splutters, add the urud dal and when it is light brown, add the curry leaves and fry for a min.
• Transfer this tempering to the chutney.
• thengai pottukadalai chutney
• Easy Coconut Chutney / Thengai Chutney is ready

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We always tend to forget to post some recipes, which we do it most often, thinking that, it is not of much importance. Such a kind of recipe is Pottukadalai chutney recipe / Fried Gram dal Chutney. I prepared this last Saturday and had it for the breakfast, suddenly, I remembered that I have not posted this recipe. So the next day, I prepared it again and clicked it. It may sound very simple but, you believe it or not, in my early stages after marriage, I do not know how to cook this Pottukadalai chutney. This chutney is my hubby’s favorite and he used to cook it for me during weekend. The second chutney, I learnt in my cooking life. First being the tomato chutney and third, ground nut chutney.

Pottukadalai chutney Recipe/Roasted gram chutney

Preparation time: 10 min | Cook Time: 05 min | Serves:4
Recipe Category: Side Dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

• Pottukadai / Fried gram dal – 1 cup
• Coconut grated – 1/4 cup
• Green chillies – 3
• Salt – as per taste
• Water – 1/2 cup ( or adjust accordingly)

To temper

• Oil – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – a pinch
• Urud dal / Black gram – 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves – 5 to 6
• Dry chilli – 1
• Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Method
1. Take 1 cup of Pottukadalai and slightly dry roast it for just a minute. Take a food processor and add the pottukadalai, salt and green chilli and water and grind to a paste.

2. Now add the grated coconut and grind again to a coarse paste. Transfer the content to a bowl.

3. In a kadai, add oil and when hot, add the ingredients under the To Temper, one by one and fry a min. When they are slight brown, switch off the stove and add this temper to the chutney. Mix and serve it .

4. Goes very well with Idli, Dosa or Pongal etc.

Notes:

1. If you prefer the tamarind taste, you can add a little piece and grind together.

2. Also you can increase or decrease the quantity of coconut according to your taste. But I feel, if coconut quantity is increased, the gram taste decreases. So I added the quantity, which is required for our family. 

3. Adding the dried red chilli is purely optional. 

4. You can also adjust the water quantity to make the chutney thick or as per your taste.

You can also check the below chutneys
Groundnut chutney
Mint coriander yogurt chutney
Tomato Chatni

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