Chana dal aka kadalai paruppu chutney can be prepared at short notice.
Serves: Four
Cooking time: less than 30 minutes
Ingredients
- Onion – 2 no
- Tomato – 2 no
- Grated coconut – ¼ cup
- Ginger – 1½ inch piece
- Coriander and curry leaves – few
- Red chilli –2 no
- Green chilli –2 no
- Asafetida (hing) powder – pinch
- Salt – as per taste
- Chana dal (Bengal gram or Kadalai paruppu) – ½ cup
- Oil – 2 tea spoon
- For seasoning
- Mustard – ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal – ½ tea spoon
- Curry leaves – few
Method
Step 1
- Chop onions, tomatoes, ginger.
- Grate coconut.
Step 2
- Heat fry pan, add one teaspoon of oil.
- Add chana dal, red chilli, green chilli, hing powder and fry till light golden colour.
- Add grated coconut, chopped ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves and fry for one more minute.
- Now add chopped onions & tomato, fry till onions are slightly transparent.
- Allow the mix to cool.
Step 3
- Grind the mix with salt.
- Give the seasoning and is now ready to serve.
Chana dal chutney goes well with Idli, Dosa, Chapatti, Puri.
Tips:
- Grind the mix only after cooling.
- Do not add too much water while grinding to avoid watery chutney.
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AH WHAT A PLEASING PHOTOGRAPH OF CHUTNEY MY MOUTH IS WATERING
wow never made this type of chutney with so many ingredients, surely must be very super with dosai.
Have been trying out quite a few of your dishes. They have turned out really well.
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When I try out some dishes from your site, it makes cooking very interesting.
At what step do add ginger and fry?
@ Indra
Thanks for pointing out. Correction carried out.