Chana Dal Chutney

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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.
• 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, 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.

Tips:

• grind the mix only after cooling.
• do not add too much water while grinding to avoid watery chutney.

Chana dal chutney goes well with Idli, Dosa, Chapatti, Puri.

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