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    Home » Recipes » Chutney Recipes

    Kara chutney recipe | For dosa, idli

    July 18, 2016 by Raks Anand 15 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Kara chutney recipe for idli dosa with onion, tomato and both green red chillies and black pepper for extra spiciness.  

    kara chutney recipe
    Kara chutney
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    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 kara 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. Check out other easy chutney recipes collection.

    kara chutney
    Kara chutney

    When it comes to chutney for idli dosa, we always want variation even if it is a slight one.

    Everything counts, the ingredients, the process, the stages when we add the ingredient. So this chutney is also one of my trials to make something different from the usual.

    Kara means spicy in Tamil. So this is a spicy side dish for breakfast like idli.

    Let's see how to make kara chutney.

    Step by step photos

    1. In a pan, heat 1 teaspoon oil, roast 1 tablespoon chana dal, 2 red chillies. Once chana dal is golden, add black pepper, garlic, roughly chopped onion, tomato, green chilli, curry leaves.
    1-roast

    2. Once tomatoes are soft, transfer to a plate and cool down completely. 

    2-cool

    3. Transfer to a mixer and grind smoothly with salt. Add water to get right consistency you need.

    3-grind

    4. This is optional, if you want you can temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves in a teaspoon of oil.

    4-temper

    We had with godhuma dosa and it was really great.

    kara chutney recipe

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    Kara chutney
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    Spicy kara chutney recipe

    Spicy kara chutney recipe for idli dosa with onion, tomato and both green red chillies and black pepper for extra spiciness.  
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Servings 2
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 Onion
    • 1 Tomato
    • 3 cloves Garlic
    • 2 Red chilli
    • 2 Green chilli
    • 1 teaspoon Black pepper
    • 1 tablespoon Chana dal
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • Salt
    • 1 teaspoon Oil

    To temper

    • 1 teaspoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
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    Instructions

    • In a pan, heat 1 teaspoon oil, roast 1 tablespoon chana dal, 2 red chillies.
    • Once chana dal is golden, add black pepper, garlic, roughly chopped onion, tomato, green chilli, 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 teaspoon of oil.

    Notes

    • I added 3 red chillies, but it was too spicy, so reduced one chilli in the recipe.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Anupama Mundhra

      July 18, 2016 at 11:31 am

      Hey, sounds delicious. How long does the chutney stay good in the fridge?

      Reply
    2. Archana Potdar

      July 18, 2016 at 12:15 pm

      Sounds good

      Reply
    3. Archana Potdar

      July 18, 2016 at 12:16 pm

      Sounds good

      Reply
    4. Raks anand

      July 18, 2016 at 11:08 pm

      Maximum 2 days

      Reply
    5. Vinis Cuisine

      July 20, 2016 at 1:22 pm

      yummy chuntney 🙂 love your photos as usual. kadai looks cute 🙂

      Reply
    6. Sreedevi S Viswanathan

      July 26, 2016 at 9:53 am

      Shall I use tamarind instead of tomato?

      Reply
    7. Raks anand

      July 26, 2016 at 9:54 am

      You can, but recommended tomato

      Reply
    8. Swathi H M

      July 30, 2016 at 9:09 am

      Hey I tried it.. It tastes awesome loved it 🙂

      Reply
    9. AD

      August 24, 2016 at 9:41 am

      looks awesome.. will try today

      Reply
    10. Venkatachalam Ganapathy

      September 22, 2016 at 2:46 pm

      I tried this recipe this morning
      I liked the taste

      Reply
    11. Unknown

      April 20, 2017 at 1:26 am

      Hai mam thanks for every receipe you made expecially recent Kara chutney was amazing so nice

      Reply
    12. G. Jothi

      July 04, 2021 at 12:36 am

      5 stars
      Tried this Kara chutney raks. It tasted awesome hotel style taste. Thanks for this recipe

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        July 04, 2021 at 7:34 pm

        Thank you so much 🙂

        Reply
    13. Latha

      September 23, 2022 at 9:47 pm

      Hi, the chutney looks great. Slightly different from what I make.
      Where and when should we add green chillies?
      Thank you

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        September 24, 2022 at 2:47 pm

        Think I missed to mention 🙂 Sorry about that, it is added along onion, tomato.

        Reply

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