Thursday, February 18, 2010

Onion Chutney


Ingredients

For Chutney

  • 6 no(medium size)onions
  • 5 tsp chana dal
  • 3-4 chillies(increase your quantity as needed)
  • pinch of tamarind
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • salt to taste
For Tempering
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • 1-2 red chillies
  • 1 tsp oil
  • curry leaves
  • coriander leaves
Method
  • Dry roast the chana dal until it turns to little brown.
  • Roast the green chillies also.
  • (Optional)You can roast the onions in little oil/You can use the raw onions directly.
  • Cool the chana dal and put it in a blender and blend it finely.
  • Add onions,green chillies,salt,tamarind and sugar to the above mixture and mix it to a fine paste.
  • Heat the oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds,cumin seeds,urad dal,red chillies and curry leaves.
  • Add tempering to the chutney and garnish with coriander leaves.
  • Serve with idli/dosa/vada.

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