Kara Chutney | Spicy Chutney

Kara chutney is a spicy chutney made with red chillies,tomato,onion and garlic.Very quick and easy to prepare and goes well with idli, dosa etc..

Prep Time:5 mins

Cook Time:10 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 medium size Onion
• 2 Tomatoes,small
• 5 - 6 Red chillies
• 5 - 6 Garlic cloves 
• 1 inch Tamarind
• Salt needed

To temper:

• 2 tbsp Oil / Sesame oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp Urad dal 
• Few Curry leaves

Method:

• Grind together red chillies, garlic, tamarind, add onion, tomato and salt.
• Grind it to a smooth paste.           
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds,urad dal, curry leaves and the ground paste.
• Fry it on medium flame until the raw smell goes off and mixture oozes out oil.

Spicy red chutney is ready !!!

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Brinjal Chutney | Sutta Kathirikai Chutney

Brinjal Chutney is a spicy chutney goes well with Idli ,Dosa....

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

• 5 or 6 Brinjal, Medium size
• 2 Green chillies
• 1/2 Onion
• 2 inch tamarind
• 1/2 tsp Mustard
• 1/2 tsp Urad dal
• 1 tsp Channa dal
• 2 pinch hing
• 1 tbsp coriander leaves(optional)

Method:

Apply oil on the brinjal everywhere. Roast it in direct medium flame,rotate the brinjal now and then so it gets cooked evenly.     

Once the brinjal are roasted completely,it wil become very soft,it means its cooked.

Remove it from fire and allow it to cool.

Remove the skin,showing it under the running tap water(slowly).

Mash the brinjal to ensure that there is no insects in it.

In a pan fry mustard,urad dal,channa dal,hing and green chillies.

Grind them into one and two.Add onion,tamarind and grind it.

Now add the brinjal and coriander leaves and grind it to a paste.

Serve with Sesame oil and goes well with idly or dosa.

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Tomato Onion Chutney

Tomato Onion Chutney is one of the most popular,simplest and perfect chutney variety served as an accompaniment for Dosa / Idli. My daughter always calls tomato chutney as Red Chutney....

Prep time:10 mins
Cook Time:10 mins

Ingredients:

• 2 medium size Onion
• 3 Tomatoes
• 5 - 6 Garlic
• 4 - 5 Red Chilli(Add according to the spiciness)
• 1 tbsp Urad dal
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
• Few Curry Leaves
• 1 pinch hing
• 1 tbsp Oil
• Salt To taste

Method:

• Wash and Chop onions and tomatoes. 
• Heat oil in a pan or kadai and fry urad dal and red chillies.
• When the urad dal color changes to light brown, add the chopped onions,garlic and fry till onions turn translucent. 
• Add tomatoes,salt and saute them till it get mushy
• Allow it to cool.
• Grind these in a mixer to a fine paste and transfer to a bowl.
• In a pan heat 1 tsp oil add the mustard seeds curry leaves and hing,add it to the chutney.

Serve with Idli/Dosa varieties...
Enjoy the combination of dosa and Tomato Onion chutney.

Note:

• If your tomatoes are not tangy, then you can add a pinch of tamarind while grinding.
• Add chillies according to ur taste.
• I used gingelly oil,which add unique taste to the chutney
• To make it more healthier you can also add coriander leaves,coconut...

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Coconut Chutney

COCONUT CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh coconut slices
• 3 spicy green chillies
• 4 tbsp Fried gram dhal or Potukadalai
• 2 small pieces of ginger.
• Salt as per taste

To temper:

• 1 tsp Vegetable Oil or Coconut oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp Urad dhal (broken)
• 1 pinch Hing (Optional)
• Curry leaves

Method :

1. Gring all the Ingredients in the mixie jar.
2. Add water while grinding.
3. Grind it to your desired consistency.
4. In a small kadai with oil add the temper items.
5. Serve with Idli,Dosa,Pongal,Rava Upuma...... etc.

Variations:

• Replace fried gram with a piece of tamarind, can be used during travels.
• Add a bunch of coriander leaves and tamarind .
• Add curry leaves while grinding 
• Replace red chilli for green chilli.
• Add Roasted peanuts,roasted sesame seeds instead of fried grams.
• Can add garlic instead of ginger.
• Can add fried channa dhal and red chilli with coconut salt garlic.

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