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Onion Kara Chutney | Vengaya Kara Chutney Recipe

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Onion Kara Chutney with Step by Step Pictures. Vengaya Kara chutney goes well with idli or dosa.

Onion Kara Chutney

Kara chutney a lip smacking side dish for any dosa varieties or idly varieties, even with pongal or upma. I have already shown you a recipe for tomato kara chutney. This one is a variation from that made with onions. I hope you will love it and let me know if you try this.

How to Make Onion Kara Chutney

  • Heat 2 tblpn of oil in a kadai. Add in urad dal and channa dal, fry them for a min.
  • Add in dry red chilli and garlic, fry them for couple of mins till they turn golden. Once they turn golden, drain them in a plate.
  • Now in the same oil, add in chopped onions and some salt. Saute them for 5 mins till they turn transparent.
  • Now take the fried dal mix and onions in a blender. Add in tamarind and some more salt to taste and puree them finely,
  • Pour them to a bowl.
  • Make seasoning, by heating a teaspoon of oil, add in mustard, urad dal and curry leaves. Saute them for a mins.
  • Pour this over the chutney and mix well.
  • Serve with idly or dosa.
 

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Onion Kara Chutney | Vengaya Kara Chutney Recipe

Onion kara chutney is a spicy red chutney made with onions and chillies. This vengaya kara chutney is a perfect pair with idly and dosa.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • Onions - 2 large peeled and chopped
  • Urad Dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tblspn
  • Kadala Paruppu / Channa Dal - 1 tblspn
  • Garlic - 10 cloves
  • Dry Red Chilli - 3 to 4
  • Tamarind Pulp - 1 tblspn or to taste
  • Oil - 2 tblspn
  • Salt to taste
  • For Seasoning:
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
  • Urad Dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
  • Curry Leaves - a sprig

Instructions
 

  • Heat 2 tblspn of oil in a kadai. Add in urad dal and channa dal, fry them for a min.
  • Add in dry red chilli and garlic, fry them for couple of mins till they turn golden. Once they turn golden, drain them in a plate.
  • Now in the same oil, add in chopped onions and some salt. Saute them for 5 mins till they turn transparent.
  • Now take the fried dal mix and onions in a blender. Add in tamarind and some more salt to taste and puree them finely,
  • Pour them to a bowl.
  • Make seasoning, by heating a teaspoon of oil, add in mustard, urad dal and curry leaves. Saute them for a mins.
  • Pour this over the chutney and mix well.
  • Serve with idly or dosa.

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Onion Kara Chutney with pictures

 
Take all your ingredients

 

Heat oil in a kadai

 

Add in channa dal and urad dal 

 

let them fry for a min

 

Add in garlic cloves

 

in goes some dry chillies

 

fry them well

 

remove them to a plate

 

In the same oil

 

Add in chopped onions

 

some salt

 

saute them till it turn transparent

 

Now take the roasted spices in the blender

 

add the sauted onions

 

add a small piece of tamarind

 

puree them

 

pour that in a bowl

 

make tempering

 

pour it over the chutney

 

mix well

 

serve

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  1. nayana

    Love to hv this mouthwatering chutny with soft hot idlis

    Reply

  2. moonbim

    Wht a delicious recipe!

    My husband has high uric acid levels and cannot consume any beans or high protein. I m trying to make more chapati meals instead of rice. Do u have any recipes for chutney/curry that is bean free? Thanks!

    Reply

    • P.Suman

      Dear madam, This is Suman from Bangalore.You have not mentioned about ginger in the ingredients section while preparing groundnut chutney., Whereas you are adding ginger in the video section. Please check.

      Reply

      • Aarthi

        video is a different version. You can add ginger in the recipe if needed.

        Reply

  6. moonbim

    Thanks so much!

    Reply

  7. Shreeja Pillai

    This chutney was delicious.

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  8. Anonymous

    Hi thanks for the recipe. I tried this chutney n totally forgot to add the tamarind. But then me n my family liked it very much with Dosa. Keep it up the good work.
    Kalaa Rajesh
    London , UK

    Reply

  9. Collins

    This chutney tastes good. Thanks for sharing

    Reply

  10. Sathyanathan

    can we do this with Sambar Venga yam ? can we do it withut fry ing the oniion

    Reply

  11. Harini Vino

    5 stars
    Hi akka, this looks delicious and yummy. Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply