Kara chutney a lip smacking sidedish 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..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serves : 5 to 6
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
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
Method:
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 tsp 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.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Heat oil in a kadai |
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| Add in channa dal and urad dal |
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| let them fry for a min |
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| Add in garlic cloves |
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| in goes some sdry chillies |
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| fry them well |
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| remove them to a plate |
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| In the same oil |
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| Add in chopped onions |
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| some salt |
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| saute them till it turn transparent |
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| Now take the roasted spices in the blender |
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| add the sauted onions |
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| add a small piece of tamarind |
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| puree them |
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| pour that in a bowl |
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| make tempering |
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| pour it over the chutney |
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| mix well |
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| serve |
nayana
Love to hv this mouthwatering chutny with soft hot idlis
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!
Aarthi
@moonbimCheck this out
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.in/2013/12/gravies-for-chapati-roti-naan-poori.html
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.in/2010/12/chutney-thogayal-recipes.html
Aarthi
@moonbimCheck this out
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.in/2013/12/gravies-for-chapati-roti-naan-poori.html
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.in/2010/12/chutney-thogayal-recipes.html
Aarthi
@moonbimCheck this out
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.in/2013/12/gravies-for-chapati-roti-naan-poori.html
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.in/2010/12/chutney-thogayal-recipes.html
moonbim
Thanks so much!
Shreeja Pillai
This chutney was delicious.
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
Collins
This chutney tastes good. Thanks for sharing
Sathyanathan
can we do this with Sambar Venga yam ? can we do it withut fry ing the oniion