Spicy chilli onion chutney for idli dosa. Nothing can beat hot idlies and a spicy chutney breakfast. Treat for a spice lover.

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.
Instructions
- 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.
Serve this spicy chilli onion chutney with hot hot idli and you will never know how many idlies you ate. சில பல இட்லிகள் உள்ள போகும்! 😃
Spicy chilli onion chutney recipe
Ingredients
- 8 Small onion chinna vengayam
- 8 Red chilli
- 1 Garlic flake
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- Salt as needed
To temper
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
Instructions
- Peel onion, garlic and place all the ingredients in the mixer.
- Grind it to a slightly coarse paste with 3 tablespoon 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.
Poornima Porchelvan
Chutney looks so delicious and very tempting clicks.
AparnaRajeshkumar
sema hot a irukku 😀 photos kuda
Anonymous
Wow... mouth watering. Slurp 😀
My attempt at The Julie/Julia project
Wow.. 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
Quick and easy way to make chutney without using coconut.
apsara-illam
Sssshhhhh pppppaaaaa.....
Appadiyirukku.
Of course this is best combination to idly.
Very nice colour rak.
nandoos Kitchen
easy to make and tasty chutney.
Amutha Kannanask
saema combination for idli
Arun
Very yummy chutney
Arun
Very yummy chutney
Hamaree Rasoi
Lovely and delicious looking chutney.
Deepa
Rashmi Shekhawat
Hmmmmmmmm luking delicious.
Parvathy Chandrasekaran
சில பல இட்லிகள் உள்ள போகும்.... LOL .. definitely போகும் 🙂
M D
This chutney looks mouthwatering and delicious. Yum!
Sangeetha M
spicy and tempting chutney...perfect with soft n fluffy idlis !
Home Cooked Oriya Food
lovely chutney! love the color!
ramya ganesh
Wow yummy. Ll make tonight
Bhavani Perumal
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janani
I make this too but I add little tomato too and have it very paniyaram its my fav pic looks very nice raks
Aman Ghuman
i tried this recipe but didnt get this red color..dnt know why..
Vijaya
I used shallots. It turned out really bitter. Any ideas why it migh be?
Anonymous
I tried this recipe to the T yesterday using shallots. But it turned out extremely bitter.
Anu
Mine too turned out to be bitter with shallots.
Raks anand
All 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
It 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
I tried it today and come out awesome
My husband loved it
K.Srikumar
Tried it came out well
Veds
Hi..the recipe looks yums 🙂 If I do not have the small red onion, would the big brown onion be ok to use?
Raks anand
Yes you can.
Geethu Sathiyan
We 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
Well recently i tried the above thing..itz sooo gd nd i impressed my mom too,,...
Ben
For how long does it keep in the refrigerator?
Raks anand
2 days.
Mounika Kamaraj
Since you are using 8 red chilli and only 8 shallots, I am asking this... Will it be hot spicy ...
Raks Kitchen
Yes, also my shallots are big. So adjust accordingly to your spice level
Savi
The chutney came out bitter! What mistake did I do?
Raks Anand
It turns bitter if it's ground smooth and taste not balanced well. Make sure to use enough spice and salt. Also consume freshly. Somewhere I read, onion turn bitter after 30 mins. If you want, you can also add a pinch tamarind to avoid this...