Am here with a quick post. Easy recipe. Nothing can beat hot idlies and a spicy chutney breakfast. I am hot and spice lover. I want everything hot! And I always look for different chutney recipes to try as I hate to repeat the same chutney every time. So few days back, a reader friend- Dharini Umapathy (who calls me akka and shares her life events too) told me this simple chutney, her grandma used to make and I instantly loved it. Coz its simple, sound spicy and flavorful too. So I tried the very next day and loved it a lot. We make a similar one sans garlic and curry leaves. But this tempted me to try. So here’s the recipe without my blah blah blahs.
Spicy chilli onion chutney recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 5 mins | Serves: 3
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 5 mins | Serves: 3
Ingredients
Small onion/ chinna vengayam – 8
Red chilli – 8
Garlic – 1 flake
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Salt – As needed
Red chilli – 8
Garlic – 1 flake
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Salt – As needed
To temper
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard – 3/4 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Mustard – 3/4 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Method
- Peel onion, garlic and place all the ingredients in the mixer. Grind it to a slightly coarse paste with 3 tblsp of water.
- In a kadai, heat oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table and pour the ground chutney. Stir for just a minute and transfer to serving bowl.
Notes
- Shallots (small onions/ chinna vengayam) works best.
- Do not let it boil for long time as the raw smell of onion should be there to taste good.
- Grind coarsely for enjoying a good texture, also if you grind smoothly, it may turn bitter.
Serve with hot hot idlis and you will never know how many idlies you ate. சில பல இட்லிகள் உள்ள போகும்! 😃
Poornima Porchelvan
January 23, 2014 at 4:20 amChutney looks so delicious and very tempting clicks.
AparnaRajeshkumar
January 23, 2014 at 4:29 amsema hot a irukku 😀 photos kuda
Anonymous
January 23, 2014 at 5:38 amWow… mouth watering. Slurp 😀
My attempt at The Julie/Julia project
January 23, 2014 at 7:12 amWow.. lovely pics… I want to make this ASAP. too bad I don't have shallots at hand. Can I try this with red onion?
Dipti Joshi
January 23, 2014 at 7:58 amQuick and easy way to make chutney without using coconut.
apsara-illam
January 23, 2014 at 8:39 amSssshhhhh pppppaaaaa…..
Appadiyirukku.
Of course this is best combination to idly.
Very nice colour rak.
nandoos Kitchen
January 23, 2014 at 9:37 ameasy to make and tasty chutney.
Amutha Kannanask
January 23, 2014 at 9:55 amsaema combination for idli
Arun
January 23, 2014 at 10:05 amVery yummy chutney
Arun
January 23, 2014 at 10:06 amVery yummy chutney
Hamaree Rasoi
January 23, 2014 at 4:05 pmLovely and delicious looking chutney.
Deepa
Rashmi Shekhawat
January 23, 2014 at 5:12 pmHmmmmmmmm luking delicious.
Parvathy Chandrasekaran
January 23, 2014 at 5:54 pmசில பல இட்லிகள் உள்ள போகும்…. LOL .. definitely போகும் 🙂
M D
January 23, 2014 at 7:50 pmThis chutney looks mouthwatering and delicious. Yum!
Sangeetha M
January 23, 2014 at 10:05 pmspicy and tempting chutney…perfect with soft n fluffy idlis !
Home Cooked Oriya Food
January 24, 2014 at 3:22 amlovely chutney! love the color!
ramya ganesh
January 24, 2014 at 7:02 amWow yummy. Ll make tonight
Bhavani Perumal
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janani
January 24, 2014 at 6:32 pmI make this too but I add little tomato too and have it very paniyaram its my fav pic looks very nice raks
Aman Ghuman
January 26, 2014 at 4:27 ami tried this recipe but didnt get this red color..dnt know why..
Vijaya
January 27, 2014 at 11:15 pmI used shallots. It turned out really bitter. Any ideas why it migh be?
Anonymous
January 31, 2014 at 12:49 pmI tried this recipe to the T yesterday using shallots. But it turned out extremely bitter.
Anu
January 31, 2014 at 12:52 pmMine too turned out to be bitter with shallots.
Raks anand
January 31, 2014 at 12:59 pmAll of you whose chutneys turned bitter : Make sure you dont grind the chutney too smooth. Also use Chilli more to balance it. Otherwise nothing in the recipe to turn it bitter. What I tried was spicy not even a bit bitter.
Vijaya
February 2, 2014 at 4:39 amIt could be that the shallots in USA & the ones in India maybe different. To remove the bitterness, I added lemon juice & it turned out to be tolerable
varma's magic
March 30, 2014 at 8:38 amI tried it today and come out awesome
My husband loved it
K.Srikumar
May 25, 2014 at 8:39 amTried it came out well
Veds
July 7, 2014 at 6:38 amHi..the recipe looks yums 🙂 If I do not have the small red onion, would the big brown onion be ok to use?
Raks anand
July 7, 2014 at 6:40 amYes you can.
Geethu Sathiyan
March 27, 2015 at 9:24 amWe call it 'illicit chutney'. Tis reminds me of our trichy college days,where there was small mess near our college used to serve tis tasty chutney with idli n dosa
Ritayan Dhara
August 14, 2015 at 4:12 amWell recently i tried the above thing..itz sooo gd nd i impressed my mom too,,…
Ben
June 28, 2016 at 6:45 amFor how long does it keep in the refrigerator?
Raks anand
June 28, 2016 at 7:08 am2 days.
Mounika Kamaraj
January 21, 2018 at 10:54 amSince you are using 8 red chilli and only 8 shallots, I am asking this… Will it be hot spicy …
Raks Kitchen
January 21, 2018 at 11:25 amYes, also my shallots are big. So adjust accordingly to your spice level