BLACK URAD DHAL CHUTNEY

(from Nandini’s recipe box)

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 4 people

Categories: chutney

Ingredients

  • Black urad dhal - 1/4 cup
  • Channa dhal - 1/4 cup
  • Roasted channa dhal(Pottukadalai) - 1/4 cup
  • Fresh coriander leaves - 1 handful
  • Curry leaves - 1 handful
  • Ripen green chilli - 7 or 8
  • Coconut - 1 tbsp
  • Jaggery - 1/2 tsp
  • Tamarind paste - 1/2 tbsp( adjsut according to your taste)
  • Asafoetida - 1 tsp
  • Salt - as required
  • Oil very little for frying.
  • Mustard for seasoning.

Directions

  1. Heat oil in the pan add the dhals and saute till very light brown color in low heat.

  2. Keep aside and saute all other indgredients one by one. Except tamarind and jaggery.

  3. Once everything is cooled, put it in the blender(Dhals, leaves, coconut, chillies, jaggery, asafoetida, Tamarind paste, salt) to make a coarse paste to get the yummy chutney.

  4. Season with mustard. Serve with idli and dosa.

  5. Note:

  6. Don’t make it fine paste as it spoils the taste.

  7. Saute the dhals till the nice aroma comes and color slightly changes to very very light brown.

  8. You can saute the dhals one by one too.

  9. Fry the fresh leaves slightly.

  10. This chutney very well goes with hot rice and ghee too..

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