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
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Heat oil in the pan add the dhals and saute till very light brown color in low heat.
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Keep aside and saute all other indgredients one by one. Except tamarind and jaggery.
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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.
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Season with mustard. Serve with idli and dosa.
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Note:
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Don’t make it fine paste as it spoils the taste.
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Saute the dhals till the nice aroma comes and color slightly changes to very very light brown.
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You can saute the dhals one by one too.
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Fry the fresh leaves slightly.
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This chutney very well goes with hot rice and ghee too..