Simple besan chutney or Bombay chutney made using gram flour, spices and fresh onions and tomatoes which makes it taste amazing with idli or dosa.
Besan Chutney Recipe
This is a really quick side dish for dosa or idli. You can make this in few mins and this will be a change from your usual onion, tomato and coconut chutneys. I loved this recipe so much, i made it twice in a row.
I have another version of this recipe which I call my instant sambar or thideer sambar, will share it soon.
About Bombay Chutney
Besan Chutney is a simple yet delicious side dish for idli or dosa made with gram flour also known as besan or kadalai maavu.
This is made by cooking onions, tomatoes, chillies in oil along with gram flour and water. This thick chutney is also known as Bombay chutney.
It comes handy when you don't have any vegetables on hand. You can skip the tomatoes in this recipe, if you don't have it. Just onion and green chillies would do.
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Ingredients
- Oil - use any oil or ghee for making this chutney. You can use sunflower oil or groundnut oil.
- Tempering - mustard, urad dal, curry leaves is added in hot oil for tempering.
- Onions - use finely chopped onions for the chutney. It adds aroma and flavour.
- Tomato - use finely chopped tomatoes and cook until mushy. It add flavours to the chutney.
- Gram flour - use high quality besan which add thickness to the curry.
- Spice powders - turmeric, salt, sugar are the flavourings and seasoning added in the curry.
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1)Heat oil in a pan. I am using regular cooking oil.
2)add mustard and urad dal and allow them to splatter.
3)add in curry leaves and let them sizzle too.
4)Add in chopped onions , green chillies and tomatoes. You can even use carrots as well.
5)Saute this for 2 minutes till the raw smell leaves.
6)add in salt and turmeric powder.
7)Mix this well and cook for 30 more seconds so the raw smell from turmeric powder is gone.
8) Add in gram flour (besan).
9) toast this for couple mins, you may need to add another tablespoon of oil for this process.
10) now the raw smell is gone from the gram flour.
11)Now add in water and mix well. Cook until the besan thickens.
12) Keep mixing and mix well so no lumps are formed. The besan will get thick.
13) Now let them come to a boil and cook for few more minutes. As it boils, the chuytney will thicken.
14)Now add in sugar to taste.
15)Add in lemon juice.
16)Add in a handful of chopped coriander leaves.
17)Besan chutney is ready.
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Bombay Chutney Recipe | How to Make Besan Chutney
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 tspo Mustard Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Split Urad dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 medium Onion chopped finely
- 1 medium Tomato chopped finely
- 2 no Green Chillies chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 3 tablespoon Chickpea Flour (Besan | Gram Flour)
- 1 cup Water as needed
- ¼ teaspoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 3 tablespoon Coriander Leaves chopped finely
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle. Add in curry leaves and let them sizzle.
- Add in onions, chilli and tomatoes. Cook that for couple of mins. Now add in turmeric and salt and mix well.
- Add in gram flour and toast for 2 mins on a low heat.
- Now add in water and mix well. Bring this to a boil and simmer for few more mins. Now add in salt, sugar, lemon juice and coriander leaves.
- Serve this with idli or dosa.
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Sumi
Very nice pics..well explained
Anonymous
Lemon juice mandatory?
Aarthi
u can skip it. but it adds a nice tart flavour
Anonymous
Very nice
Anonymous
You can grind whole gram and aombhu together you will get a even better flavour
Akhila Menon
Looks yummy... Will surely give it a try..
Akhila Menon
Looks yummy... Will surely give it a try..
collins
I tried it . But it tastes little sour .