Saturday 3 July 2010

Onion chutney

Preparation time-15mins
Serves-6
Ingredients:
2 big onions
6 pods of garlic
Lemon sized tamarind
15 dry red chillies
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon turmeric
8 curry leaves
3 tablespoons sunflower oil
Method:
  1. Peel and cut each onion into 4-6 medium pieces.
  2. Peel the skin of garlic and add them to onions.
  3. Now grind dry red chillies,onion pieces,garlic,tamarind flakes and salt to a smooth mix.
  4. In a sauce pan warm oil.Then saute mustard and add 2 dry red chilles,curry leaves.
  5. After few seconds,add turmeric and then the ground onion paste.
  6. On low flame,mix this well and boil for 5-10mins,till oil accumulates at the top of the chutney.
  7. Switch off the flame and transfer this into a clean and dry bowl.Can be stored for 2-3days.
  8. Tastes great with steaming plain rice and also can be enjoyed as a dip for dosa or idly.
  9. Simple and quick recipe when we run out of  vegetables at home!

2 comments:

anitha said...

Hey Andhra chef,i did try onion chutney..it was just yummy,just reminded my college days..having masala vada-chutney-friends:)

Anonymous said...

yummy chutney,tried it overthe weekend with dosa

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