Andhra Allam Pachadi / Ginger Chutney – Chutney Recipe for Idli and Dosa

October 28, 2011 By Aarthi 22 Comments

Last Updated on October 23, 2021

I am here with another Andhra recipe..I know they go crazy for this chutney...Even I do..It is a sweet,spicy and tangy chutney which is perfect with dosa or with another Andhra famous crepes called as pesarattu..

I am sending this recipe to Blogging Marathan Day 6 in the theme Regional Special...I am doing Andhra Recipe for this whole week..So hope you love it..

Recipe Source:Sailu’s Food

Ingrediants:

Ginger-1 cup chopped

Garlic-4 cloves

Tamarind – a small lemon size

Dry Red Chilli-3

Jaggery / Vellam / Sarkarai or Sugar- 2 tblspn

Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu-1 tblspn

Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu -1 tblspn

Mustard seeds / Kaduku-1 tsp

Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp

Oil-3 tblspn

Salt to taste

Method:

Heat 2 tblspn oil in a kadai..Add dry chilli,channa dal,roasted gram dal and garlic in it..Fry till it turns golden..Remove this and put it in a blender..

Now in the same oil add in ginger and fry till golden...Remove this and add to the blender..

Now add in jaggery,tamarind and salt and make it into a fine paste by adding some water.

Heat 1 tblspn oil and crackle in mustard and cumin seeds...Pour in the ground chutney and switch off the flame..

Mix well and serve with dosa or idli..

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Heat oil in a kadai

add in dry chillies

add in roasted gram dal and urad dal

add in garlic and mix well

fry till golden

take this in a blender

fry ginger in the same pan

till it gets golden

remove and take it in a blender

add in tamarind and jaggery

season with salt

blend it

add some water

and make it into smooth paste

now make seasoning by heating oil

and crackle in mustard and cumin seeds

pour in the ground chutney

switch off the flame

and mix well

Serve with dosa...

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Priya

October 28, 2011 at 6:02 pm

Am drooling over that crispy dosas and fingerlicking chutney,simply inviting..

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Krithi's Kitchen

October 28, 2011 at 7:17 pm

I too love ginger chutney.. amazingly addictive isnt it... Would always want eat 2 more idlis with this..

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Now Serving

October 29, 2011 at 12:46 am

salivating just looking at it and the process adds to it - bookmarking this for making soooooon 🙂

Cheers,
Priya

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Smitha

October 29, 2011 at 1:03 am

best with dosa and pesarattu!...yumm yum!

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Hamaree Rasoi

October 29, 2011 at 2:12 am

Chutney looks so amazingly delicious and mouthwatering.

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Harini

October 29, 2011 at 2:15 am

Spicy and tangy!

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Kalyani

October 29, 2011 at 4:40 am

love the combo, and the pix with the crisp dosa too ! yummy !

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The Pumpkin Farm

October 29, 2011 at 6:10 am

Ahh ok, so it is this easy to make, thanks for sharing. Lovely dosas

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the mad

October 29, 2011 at 1:45 pm

Love this one. Bookmarked.
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Mélange !

October 29, 2011 at 2:38 pm

Super tempting recipe.Nice presentation Aarthi !

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Vardhini

October 30, 2011 at 5:41 am

Nice one ..

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Susan and Abraham

January 17, 2012 at 5:45 am

i have heard about this a lot.. will try it sooon.. do you also have gongura pickle recipe...

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Aarthi

January 17, 2012 at 6:02 am

@Susan and Abraham..Thanks for your comment..Try this ASAP, it was so good...i don't have Gongura pickle recipe, i am yet to post it..You check all the recipes through my recipe index

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Torviewtoronto

January 07, 2015 at 6:40 pm

looks fabulous

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Subashini NY

April 04, 2015 at 8:03 am

Hello Mam, Subhashini here
Today morning for breakfast tried Allam Chutney for pesarattu, came out well spicy and yummy.My Hubby loved a lot and i got a good compliment from him,Thanks for the recipe. Have a nice and Take care 🙂

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Subashini NY

April 04, 2015 at 8:03 am

Hello Mam, Subhashini here
Today morning for breakfast tried Allam Chutney for pesarattu, came out well spicy and yummy.My Hubby loved a lot and i got a good compliment from him,Thanks for the recipe. Have a nice and Take care 🙂

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green

June 04, 2015 at 1:38 pm

Hi u told to put channa dal in method but u didn't mention the measurement Of channa dal in ingredient...

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Aarthi

June 05, 2015 at 3:49 pm

@greenthanks for mentioning. i have updated it

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Inika iraP

June 18, 2015 at 5:40 am

Eye catching pics and clear description of Allam Chutney

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Meenu - Laptop Service

January 07, 2016 at 10:25 am

Superbb.. Combination.. dosa with chutney.. yummiiii

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Madhu

February 11, 2016 at 1:47 am

Wt is the shelf life aarthi as we added water?

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Aarthi

February 15, 2016 at 4:27 pm

@Madhuit will stay good for a week in fridge

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