Chilly Onion Chutney

Chutneys
Breakfast
Dinner
Side dish for Idli, Dosa
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South India is very popular for making delicious chutneys. Today, I would be posting Chilly onion chutney, which is an excellent accompaniment to breakfasts like idly, dosa, adai, appam, kichadi, upma, medu vada etc. Also it can be used as a tasty spread for …sandwiches. This simple and easy chutney recipe is made with onion, chana dal, garlic and red chillies.

Ingredients

Onion - 2

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard - ¼ tsp

Cumin - ½ tsp

Split urad dal- 1 tsp

Chana dal -2 tsp

Red chilly - 2 or 3

Garlic -2 to 3 pods

Curry leaves - 4 to 5

Hing - a pinc

Tomato - 1

Fresh coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Instructions

1.

Slice onions and keep ready

2.

Heat oil in a pan

3.

Add the seasonings mustard, cumin, split urad dal, chana dal and wait to splutter

4.

Add sliced onions, red chilly, garlic and curry leaves

5.

Saute till onions turn transculent

6.

Add salt and hing

7.

Add sliced tomatoes and cook until tomatoes are soft and mashed in medium flame

8.

Now turn off the flame and add fresh coriander leaves

9.

Allow to cool

10.

Add the onion mixture to blender

11.

Add little water and grind to smooth paste

12.

Transfer to serving bowl

13.

In a small pan, add mustard, cumin, red chilly and curry leaves

14.

That’s it…hot n delicious onion chutney is ready

15.

It makes an ideal combo with idly, dosa, pesarattu, paratha, etc ,

16.

This chutney stays good for 2 days if refrigerated

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