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    Garlic Chutney Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Garlic Chutney Recipe is a simple chutney recipe made with garlic, dry red chillies, coconut, spices and tempering. Garlic chutney is also known as poondu chutney, lehsun ki chutney, lahsun chatni or poondu thogayal. Serve spicy chilli garlic chutney with idli, dosa, aloo paratha or roti and you will love it. I have shared 4 ways of making garlic chutney in this blog post with step by step pictures and video.

    garlic chutney made with coconut

    Garlic Chutney

    This smoky tomato chutney is a perfect company with any tiffin recipes. Loved the chutney so much with some crispy dosa.

    Table of Contents

    • About Garlic Chutney
    • Garlic Chutney Ingredients
    • How to Make Garlic Chutney (Stepwise Pictures)
    • Variations
    • Expert Tips
    • Serving
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Garlic Chutney | Poondu Chutney | Lehsun Ki Chutney Recipe

    About Garlic Chutney

    Garlic chutney / Poondu Chammanthi, also known as lahsun chutney, lahsun ki chutney, lehsun chutney, and bellulli chutney, is an Indian subcontinent chutney made from fresh garlic, dry or fresh coconut, groundnuts, and green or red chilli peppers. Cumin and tamarind are occasionally used as ingredients.

    Chutneys come in a variety of flavours and textures, including tomato relish, ground peanut garnish, yoghurt or curd, cucumber, spicy coconut, spicy onion, or mint dipping sauce.

    Similar Chutney Recipes

    1. Capsicum Chutney
    2. Onion Chutney
    3. Coconut Chutney
    4. Tomato Chutney
    5. Beetroot Chutney
    6. Chilli Garlic Chutney

    Garlic Chutney Ingredients

    ingredients for making garlic chutney

    Coconut  - Coconut is delicious and slightly sweet, and it can be eaten raw or dried. It is used to make a variety of products, including coconut milk, cream, and oil. For making garlic chutney you can use fresh coconut. Dried or desiccated coconut is used in some variation of garlic chutney.

    Garlic - Garlic has a distinct, pungent flavour that, when raw, borders on spicy and, when cooked, borders on nutty. Use peeled garlic for this chutney. Remember the intensity of garlic flavour depends on the amount of garlic used.

    Dry Red Chilli - red chilli is a condiment that enhances the flavour and colour of food. Use chilli powder or dry red chillies for this.

    Tamarind - small amount of tamarind adds a touch of sour taste to the chutney.

    Tempering - mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and asafoetida in fried in oil till toasted.

    garlic chutney served with soft idli

    The Ingredients: you will need coconut, garlic, dry red chillies, salt, tamarind and oil. Tempering spices in fried in oil and added to the chutney.

    Roasting: roast all the ingredients in kadai till lightly cooked.

    Grinding: take the ingredients in a blender and grind till smooth.

    Serve: serve the chutney with idli, dosa or upma.

    How to Make Garlic chutney in (3 easy steps) Poondu Chutney

    Sauteing Ingredients for Chutney

    Heat 1 tblspn of oil , Add in dry red chilli and garlic in it and fry for 5 mins. Add in coconut and mix well. Fry this for 2 mins. Allow this to cool down.

    Grinding Chutney

    Take this in blender. Add in tamarind and salt and make into a fine puree by adding some water. Empty this in a bowl.

    Tempering for Garlic Chutney

    Now make seasoning. Heat oil and add in mustard and urad dal. Add asafoetida and curry leaves and pour this over the chutney. Mix well and serve with idli and dosa.

    How to Make Garlic Chutney (Stepwise Pictures)

    1)Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai. Add in peeled whole garlic, dry red chillies in oil and stir fry on medium heat for 2 minutes till toasted.

    saute garlic with dry red chillies in oil

    2)Add in freshly grated coconut and roast it in the oil for couple of minutes till lightly toasted.

    add in grated coconut and toast till light golden

    3)Take the roasted coconut garlic mix in a blender. Add in little tamarind and salt.

    take the coconut garlic mix in a blender. Add in tamarind and salt.

    4)Grind it in a blender with some water.

    grind garlic chutney in a blender

    5)Grind to a smooth chutney. The consistency of the chutney totally depends to your preference. You can add more water if you want chutney to be pourable consistency.

    puree till smooth

    6)Transfer the chutney to a bowl.

    garlic chutney taken in a bowl

    7)Make tempering. Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and asafoetida. Let them sizzle in the oil.

    make tempering. Heat oil, add in mustard seeds, urad dal, asafoetida and curry leaves.

    8)Pour the tempering over the chutney and mix well.

    pour tempering over chutney

    9)Garlic chutney is ready.

    garlic chutney with curry leaves tempering

    10)Serve garlic chutney with idli or dosa.

    garlic chutney served in a bowl

    Variations

    Garlic Tomato Chutney Recipe

    Roasted garlic and tomato chutney which is made by roasting tomatoes and garlic in oven till it gets nice and charred. The chutney has a beautiful smoky flavour to it which is just perfect to serve with tiffin.

    roasted tomato garlic chutney served with dosa

    Ingredients Used

    • 4 tomatoes halved
    • 10 garlic cloves
    • 6 dry red chillies
    • 2 tbsp oil
    • 1 tbsp tamarind Pulp
    • Salt to taste

    How to Make Garlic Tomato Chutney

    1)Take tomatoes. cut them in half, place it cut side down in a cast iron pan. Sprinkle few whole garlic cloves over them.

    take tomatoes garlic in a cast iron pan

    2)Drizzle top with some oil. Place them inside 250 degree C preheated oven under grill. Broil it for 10 to 12 mins.

    add oil and place under broil

    3)Now it is charred to the right point. You need some some black spots.

    garlic and tomatoes broiled

    4)Now add in some dry red chillies and pop it back under the broil for just few seconds, the chillies will toast in no time so keep an eye on it. Now remove the pan from the oven and set aside so it cools a bit.

    add dry red chillies and toast for few more seconds

    5)You can take the dry red chillies and crush them using your hands. Now use a potato masher to mash the tomatoes further.

    mash well using potato masher

    6)Now add some salt and tamarind juice if needed.

    add in salt and tamarind

    7)Mix well. Thats it your tomato garlic chutney is ready to serve.

    garlic tomato chutney ready to serve

    Poondu Chutney Recipe

    We call this chutney poondu thogayal, kothu chutney, nunukal, poondu thengai chammanthi in my house. This is one of the delicious chutney which needs lots of garlic, dry red chillies. Make sure you make this spicy and garlicky. When serving drizzle some gingelly oil or coconut oil over it and enjoy with soft set dosa or sponge dosa.

    poondu chutney served with sponge dosa

    Ingredients Used

    • 1 cup coconut
    • 6 garlic cloves
    • 4 dry red chillies
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tbsp coconut oil
    • ½ tsp mustard seeds

    How to Make Poondu Chutney

    1)Take everything in a blender except coconut oil and mustard. Pulse few times so it is coarse. Transfer this mixture in a bowl. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let it sizzle. Pour over chutney and mix well. Serve with idli or dosa.

    take coconut, garlic, dry chilli, salt in a blender and grind without water. Make tempering with oil and mustard and pour over poondu chutney

    Lehsun ki chutney Recipe

    This Lehsun ki chutney is perfect to serve with chats. The chutney can be made in few minutes and is perfect with homemade pav buns, vada pav, ragda pattice, samosa sundal. I used dried coconut in this chutney which increases the shelf life. This dry garlic chutney have become one of my favorite chutney which I make in bulk and store in my fridge. If you are a garlic lover like me, then this spicy, tangy, garlicky chutney is just amazing when sprinkled over roti, paratha or dosa.

    Lehsun ki chutney served with pav buns

    Ingredients used

    • 5 cloves Garlic peeled
    • ½ cup Dessicated Coconut
    • 1 tbsp Chilli powder or use 4 Dry Red chillies
    • 1 tsp Roasted Cumin powder
    • 1 tsp Tamarind pulp or a small piece of tamarind
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tsp Oil (optional)

    How to Make Lehsun Ki Chutney

    1)Take all the ingredients in a blender and blend it coarsely without adding water. The chutney will be coarse and crumbly.

    take garlic, dry coconut, chilli powder, cumin powder, tamarind, salt, oil in blender and grind till coarse.

    3)You can use this as a side dish for idli, dosas and many more. Keep it in the freezer for more than a month. Lehsun ki chutney is ready to serve with chaat items.

    Lehsun ki chutney ground till coarse

    Expert Tips

    • You can add more garlic if you need more pungent flavour.
    • Fresh coconut or dry coconut can be used as per your preference.
    • Instead of dry red chillies you can use chilli powder.

    Serving

    Garlic Chutney is a popular south indian breakfast dish which goes well idli, dosa, paniyaram, masala dosa, pongal, upma & Vada. I love to serve this chutney with piping hot rava kichadi.

    More Chutney Recipes

    • Vegetable Chutney Recipe
    • Kothamalli Thogayal Recipe
    • Kollu Thogayal Recipe (Horse gram Chutney)
    • Ulundhu Kanji Recipe (Urad dal porridge)
    • Onion Tomato Gotsu Recipe
    • Dhokla Recipe

    📖 Recipe Card

    Garlic Chutney | Poondu Chutney | Lehsun Ki Chutney Recipe

    Garlic Chutney Recipe is a simple chutney recipe made with garlic, dry red chillies, coconut, spices and tempering. Garlic chutney is also known as poondu chutney, lehsun ki chutney, lahsun chatni or poondu thogayal. Serve spicy chilli garlic chutney with idli, dosa, aloo paratha or roti and you will love it. I have shared 4 ways of making garlic chutney in this blog post with step by step pictures and video.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 119kcal

    Equipment

    • Blender
    • Cooking pot

    Ingredients

    Garlic Chutney Recipe

    • 1 cup Fresh Coconut
    • 4 no Dry Red Chilli
    • 10 cloves Garlic
    • 1 tsp Tamarind Pulp
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tbsp Oil

    For Tempering

    • 1 tbsp Coconut Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
    • 1 tsp Split Urad Dal
    • ¼ tsp Asafoetida
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves

    Garlic Tomato Chutney Recipe (roasted garlic chutney)

    • 4 large Tomatoes halved
    • 10 cloves Garlic
    • 6 no Dry red chillies
    • 2 tbsp Oil
    • 1 tbsp Tamarind Pulp
    • Salt to taste

    Poondu Chutney (fresh garlic chutney)

    • 1 cup Coconut
    • 6 cloves Garlic
    • 4 no Dry red chillies
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tbsp Coconut oil
    • ½ tsp Mustard seeds

    Lehsun Ki Chutney (dry garlic chutney)

    • 5 cloves Garlic peeled
    • ½ cup Dessicated Coconut
    • 1 tbsp Chilli powder or use 4 Dry Red chillies
    • 1 tsp Roasted Cumin powder
    • 1 tsp Tamarind pulp or a small piece of tamarind
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tsp Oil optional

    Instructions

    Garlic Chutney Recipe

    • Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai. Add in peeled whole garlic, dry red chillies in oil and stir fry on medium heat for 2 minutes till toasted. Add in freshly grated coconut and roast it in the oil for couple of minutes till lightly toasted. Take the roasted coconut garlic mix in a blender. Add in little tamarind and salt. Grind it in a blender with some water. Transfer the chutney to a bowl.
    • Make tempering. Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and asafoetida. Let them sizzle in the oil. Pour the tempering over the chutney and mix well. Garlic chutney is ready.

    Garlic Tomato Chutney Recipe (roasted garlic chutney)

    • Take tomatoes. cut them in half, place it cut side down in a cast iron pan. Sprinkle few whole garlic cloves over them. Drizzle top with some oil. Place them inside 250 degree C preheated oven under grill. Broil it for 10 to 12 mins. Now it is charred to the right point. You need some some black spots. Now add in some dry red chillies and pop it back under the broil for just few seconds, the chillies will toast in no time so keep an eye on it. Now remove the pan from the oven and set aside so it cools a bit.
    • You can take the dry red chillies and crush them using your hands. Now use a potato masher to mash the tomatoes further. Now add some salt and tamarind juice and mix Thats it your tomato garlic chutney is ready to serve.

    Poondu Chutney Recipe

    • Take everything in a blender except coconut oil and mustard. Pulse few times so it is coarse. Transfer this mixture in a bowl. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let it sizzle. Pour over chutney and mix well. Serve with idli or dosa.

    Lehsun ki chutney Recipe

    • Take all the ingredients in a blender and blend it coarsely without adding water. The chutney will be coarse and crumbly. You can use this as a side dish for idli, dosas and many more. Keep it in the freezer for more than a month. Lehsun ki chutney is ready to serve with chaat items.

    Notes

    • You can add more garlic if you need more pungent flavour.
    • Fresh coconut or dry coconut can be used as per your preference.
    • Instead of dry red chillies you can use chilli powder.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servings | Calories: 119kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 15mg | Potassium: 210mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 543IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Priya

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      Slurp, wat a flavourful chutney,delicious.

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    2. Kaveri

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      Love this garlicky chutney...

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    3. Balakrishna Saraswathy

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      I just love the chutney and can have dozen of those soft iddles too..great bf:)

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    4. StephenC

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      You do such a lovely job of showing your recipes. Having moved to Washington, DC earlier this year I have yet to find a place to get many of the ingredients you use. I will keep searching.

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    5. Santosh Bangar

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      mouthwatering chutney

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    6. Santosh Bangar

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      mouthwatering chutney

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    7. Vidhya Viju Govind

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      nice chutney - can i request u to guide me, how u managed to get those idlis spongy and pure white 🙂

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    8. Nalini's Kitchen

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      Chutney looks so tempting and feel like grabbing the platter.

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    9. Chitra

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      this chutney and idli is a perfect combo..

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    10. Sumee

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      very similar to what we make at home.. I love the garlic smell in it.

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    11. Neha

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      Delicious chutney...

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    12. Lizzy

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      What a fabulous chutney...and unlike any I've ever tasted!!!

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    13. Rekha shoban

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      yummy n delicious...will try it soon...perfect with idly n dosa!!

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    14. Aruna Manikandan

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      delicious and flavorful chutney 🙂

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    15. Ann

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      My goodness - that looks SO amazingly delicious! I don't eat spicy foods...I'm a wimp, but wow! That's incredible!

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    16. Aarthi

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      Vidhya....I am planning to have a separate post about how to make idli batter and dosa batter..Hope it helps you..Will surely post it soon..

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    17. Prathibha

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      very delicious n yummy chutney..

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    18. MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.

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      Very inviting healthy Chutney Dear.Luv it with those soft idlis.

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    19. Dzoli

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      Seeing your post I was just amazed how much garlic my family eats.Obviously we love it.No wonder that wwe can't wait to try this dish:) Thanks;)

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    20. Rumana Rawat

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      Looks very tempting:)

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    21. Foodie Kitchen

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      delicious...

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    22. Sharmilee! :)

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      Flavourful....apt for idlis

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    23. Sanchita

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      As soon as I read your this post I knew immediately what am I going to cook for dinner. Thanks for this delicious recipe, the chutney tasted great!

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    24. anthony stemke

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      Super delicious chutney; love the pictorial too.
      Thank You.

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