Spicy kara chutney recipe with onion, tomato and both green red chillies and black pepper for extra spiciness. I always make onion tomato chutney with coconut if I am making. But last week when I saw a video, I was tempted to make something spicy that is served in roadside shops as kaara chutney, that is slightly watery. And ended up with this chutney. This was super spicy, just the way I wanted. This should be handy when I have no coconut in hand. Perfect for idli and all types of dosa.
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Kara chutney recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Serves: 3
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Serves: 3
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Ingredients
Onion – 1
Tomato – 1
Garlic – 3 flakes
Red chilli – 2
Green chilli – 2
Black pepper – 1 tsp
Chana dal – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Salt – As needed
Tomato – 1
Garlic – 3 flakes
Red chilli – 2
Green chilli – 2
Black pepper – 1 tsp
Chana dal – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Salt – As needed
To temper
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard – ½ tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Mustard – ½ tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Method
- In a pan, heat 1 tsp oil, roast 1 tbsp chana dal, 2 red chillies. Once chana dal is golden, add black pepper, garlic, roughly chopped onion, tomato, curry leaves.
- Once tomatoes are soft, transfer to a plate and cool down completely.
- Transfer to a mixer and grind smoothly with salt. Add water to get right consistency you need.
- This is optional, if you want you can temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves in a tsp of oil.
Notes
- I added 3 red chillies, but it was too spicy, so reduced one chilli in the recipe.
We had with godhuma dosa and it was really great.
Hey, sounds delicious. How long does the chutney stay good in the fridge?
Sounds good
Sounds good
Maximum 2 days
yummy chuntney 🙂 love your photos as usual. kadai looks cute 🙂
Shall I use tamarind instead of tomato?
You can, but recommended tomato
Hey I tried it.. It tastes awesome loved it 🙂
looks awesome.. will try today
I tried this recipe this morning
I liked the taste
Hai mam thanks for every receipe you made expecially recent Kara chutney was amazing so nice