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Home » SIDE DISH FOR IDLI / DOSA » Onion tomato chutney recipe – Side dish for idli dosa

Onion tomato chutney recipe – Side dish for idli dosa

October 6, 2010 by Raks Anand 73 Comments / Jump to Recipe

Onion tomato chutney

Onion tomato chutney side dish for idli dosa – very delicious recipe that goes perfectly well with idli, dosa or even adai.

My kid always prefer sambar or any other gravy kind for idly and dosa as side dish. But some times in our morning hurry burries, we cannot make anything elaborate or we dont have any mood to cook. So I make this, he likes this too anyways. I learnt this from my mom-in-law, I have already boasted so much about her idlies. And how I love them (I can shamelessly tell if she makes hot idlies and this chutney, I can eat  a dozen of idlies without any worries, hehe).

Kadalai paruppu chutney

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Chana dal chutney or kadalai paruppu chutney with tomato, red chilli and asafoetida along with chana dal, makes a great accompaniment for idli dosa.
10 mins
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Everyone have their own style and it’s so delicious in their own way of cooking. My mom’s onion tomato chutney is also delicious but in its own way. Though I make it same as my mom in law, it turns out yummy but never the same. Aj calls this as ‘Orange’ chutney. He likes this with idli and ‘Red’ chutney for dosai.

How to make perfect textured onion tomato chutney?

Cool down the ingredients well before grinding the chutney. Hot ingredients, when ground will give your a jelly like thick chutney as you make and keep. While serving it will not be the same consistency as you made.
So it’s always better to cool down completely before grinding.

How to make onion tomato chutney look attractive bright orange or reddish in colour?

Use bayadagi chilli or kashmiri red chillis for preparing the chutney.

How to enhance or make onion tomato chutney special?

At times, I roast the chana dal, red chilli in ghee. Drain it from ghee and use the same ghee for sauteeing onion and tomato. This turns out super tasty and flavourful.

What is the perfect texture for onion tomato chutney?

Some like it super smooth, while some vouch, the taste and flavour is best when the chutney is ground slightly coarse. So it’s personal preference and choice. Try all the ways and find your own favorite, fix it!
Either way, I would suggest first to powder the ingredients except onion and tomato and lastly add onion tomato to have control over the texture. This way, the red chilli also gets ground well and gives best taste, colour and texture.

Which is best side dish for idli dosa?

Onion tomato chutney is one of the top favorites and best combo for idli dosa.

Onion tomato chutney
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Onion tomato chutney side dish for idli dosa

Onion tomato chutney side dish for idli dosa – very delicious recipe that goes perfectly well with idli, dosa or even adai.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 4
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • Onion – 1
  • Tomato – 1
  • Kadalai paruppu/ Chana dal – 1 tbsp
  • Red chillies – 5
  • Asafoetida – ⅛ tsp
  • Coconut – 2 tbsp
  • Oil/ Ghee – 2 tsp
  • Salt – As needed

To temper

  • Oil – 1 tsp
  • Mustard – 1/2 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Instructions

  • Cut onion and tomato into chunks.
  • Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and fry red chillies and chana dal until the dal turns golden brown colour.
  • Take care to keep the heat in medium to avoid burnt chana dal. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
  • If you want, you can temper in this step and transfer the tempered items to the chutney serving bowl or do it lastly too.
  • Now, add onion, tomato and cook until it softens.
  • Cool down everything completely.
  • First grind chana dal, coconut, salt and red chilli to a coarse powder.
  • Top it with onion and tomato, and grind to a smooth paste. Add little water while grinding.
  • Transfer to the serving bowl. Mix well. Adjust water if needed to reach desired consistency.

Video

Notes

  • Cool down the ingredients before grinding.
  • Adjust chilli according to it’s spice level.

Onion tomato chutney method

  1. Cut onion and tomato into chunks.
  2. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and fry red chillies and chana dal until the dal turns golden brown colour.
  3. Take care to keep the heat in medium to avoid burnt chana dal.
  4. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
  5. If you want, you can temper in this step and transfer the tempered items to the chutney serving bowl.
  6. Now, add onion, tomato and cook until it softens.
  7. Cool down everything completely.
    ingredients cool down
  8. First grind chana dal, coconut, salt and red chilli to a coarse powder.
  9. Top it with onion and tomato, and grind to a smooth paste.
  10. Add little water while grinding.

Transfer to the serving bowl. Mix well and serve with hot Idly or dosa!

Onion tomato chutney for idli dosa

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  1. Seven Spice

    October 6, 2010 at 10:04 am

    Wah! chutney looks so tempting and my mouth is watering now. 🙂 I always look for any dips that goes well with idli/dosa. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Sharmilee! :)

    October 6, 2010 at 10:05 am

    Tomato onion chutney is my fav…looks spicy and tasty.Cute bowl luv it!

    Reply
  3. Happy Cook

    October 6, 2010 at 10:13 am

    Chutney looks so so good, just the thought of your MIL idlies and this chutney i am drooling here.

    Reply
  4. notyet100

    October 6, 2010 at 10:26 am

    looks so yum….nice colour too

    Reply
  5. Sandhya Hariharan

    October 6, 2010 at 10:33 am

    This is sooo lovely….
    I use a bit of tamarind… instead of the coconut bit.. else quite similar:)

    Reply
  6. Roshan

    October 6, 2010 at 11:21 am

    this is our favorite chutney too…. : – )

    Reply
  7. Shanthi

    October 6, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    Our favourite too. My father loves it. Wonderful and a lovely colourful click

    Reply
  8. Akila

    October 6, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    my favorite dear… looks irresistable…..

    http://akilaskitchen.blogspot.com

    Regards,
    Akila

    Reply
  9. jeyashrisuresh

    October 6, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    chutney looks very delicious with the cute looking bowl. We add little tamarind to this, and adding coconut sounds new to me.

    Reply
  10. Rekha shoban

    October 6, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    my fav one….perfect combo with idly and dosa…nice click and presentation raji!

    Reply
  11. Hamaree Rasoi

    October 6, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    OMG that's is such a beautiful looking chutney. equally wonderful clicks

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  12. Pavithra

    October 6, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    My fav chutney ..even i can eat more idlies 🙂 with this chutney.. lovely one and wonderful clicks Raji.

    Reply
  13. Satya

    October 6, 2010 at 3:02 pm

    wow super delicious chutney …what a beautiful color ..i love this ..never tried with adding chana dal ..i will surely try ur version dear ..thanks for sharing

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

    Reply
  14. Srimathi

    October 6, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    I love tomato chutney a lot. In fact more than coconut chutney in my family I make tomato chutney.

    Reply
  15. Satrupa

    October 6, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    The chutney looks so beautiful …. I luv the nice orange color of it.

    Cheers n Happy Cooking,
    Satrupa

    http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com

    Reply
  16. Swathi

    October 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    Chutney looks delicious Raji. Nice recipe.

    Reply
  17. Nithu Bala

    October 6, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Beautiful click…My favourite too..I make this same way but I won't add coconut..will try adding coconut.

    Reply
  18. Nithya

    October 6, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    yummy chutney.. looks so vibrant and nice 🙂

    Reply
  19. Shabitha Karthikeyan

    October 6, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    I'm drooling here when I think of hot steaming Idlies with this Chutney. Looks so good. I prepare it the same way with the addition of little garlic.

    Reply
  20. Smitha

    October 6, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    OOOO wow!! nice chutney for hot hot idlis and dosa…love it!

    Reply
  21. Anonymous

    October 6, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    Love the ceramic spoon. Wish i could find something like that!

    Reply
  22. Sushma Mallya

    October 6, 2010 at 5:13 pm

    Nicely presented raks,looks so yum,i do more or less the same way…

    Reply
  23. Priya

    October 6, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    Beautiful and my fav chutney, i can have more idlies with this chutney..

    Reply
  24. Suja Sugathan

    October 6, 2010 at 9:10 pm

    Great combo with idlis..yummy yum

    Reply
  25. Gayu

    October 6, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Love the Chutney..I eat this chutney more than the idlis or dosas..

    Gayu
    http://ensamayalarangam.blogspot.com

    Reply
  26. Santosh Bangar

    October 6, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    perfect and delicious chutney nice pic

    Reply
  27. jayasri

    October 6, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    lovely chutney!, my kids favouite too!, just s yummy with Dosa, beautiful click Raks..

    Reply
  28. aipi

    October 6, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    Slurp, droolworthy chutney..lovely rich color ,will make it next time I make dosas 🙂

    US Masala

    Reply
  29. NIDHYA

    October 7, 2010 at 1:29 am

    Fabulous chutney in a lovely bowl..looks very tempting.

    Aaha Oho

    Reply
  30. Dr.Sameena Prathap

    October 7, 2010 at 6:12 am

    Hi Rajeswari,

    I finally knows your name!!lol!!I adressed you as Raks before!!Oops!!

    The chutney looks so wonderful…lovely presentaion dear..

    [email protected]

    http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

    Reply
  31. Priti

    October 7, 2010 at 6:57 am

    I do almost the same way …looks delicious

    Reply
  32. Saraswathi Iyer

    October 7, 2010 at 9:26 am

    Looks so yummy. I dont add coconut. Nice click.

    Reply
  33. Hema

    October 7, 2010 at 10:14 am

    Nice chutney raks.. tangy and spicy.. you are lucky to have a MIL like her..

    Reply
  34. Lena Rashmin Raj

    October 7, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Raks, snap is too tempting…dosa batter is der in refrigerator , so 2day itself i will try this..

    Reply
  35. Anonymous

    October 7, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    Hi Raks,

    This is how I do my regular thakkali chutney…Oh I love the sunshine in your kitchen and I keep saying htat again and again….

    Shobha

    Reply
  36. Aparna

    October 7, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Don't you add tamarind and Jaggery to this? just curious.

    Aparna

    Reply
  37. Mahi

    October 7, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    Colourful chutney! perfect match for idli & dosai!! 😛 😛

    Reply
  38. coolblogger

    October 8, 2010 at 12:00 am

    Love the recipe and the photogrpah tops it..
    http://epicureansdelight.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  39. Nitha

    October 8, 2010 at 12:49 am

    Love this with idly/dosa..

    Reply
  40. Prathibha

    October 8, 2010 at 5:52 am

    I too make this….looks really yummy…..

    Reply
  41. lissie

    October 8, 2010 at 5:55 am

    love to have it with dosa…yummy yumm! nice clicks!

    Reply
  42. kothiyavunu.com

    October 8, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    Liked ur version of chutney…looks delicious!!

    Reply
  43. Yummy Team

    October 8, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    Delicious chutney..Great recipe!!

    Reply
  44. Parita

    October 10, 2010 at 4:49 am

    Chutney sounds too delicious! Bookmarked will definately!

    Reply
  45. Suma Rajesh

    October 10, 2010 at 11:42 am

    just i need is 2 hot idlies and ur bowl of chutney…yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    Reply
  46. Premalatha Aravindhan

    October 11, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Chutney luks delicious,My fav too…

    Reply
  47. Priya's Feast

    October 12, 2010 at 4:34 am

    never tried this chutney with coconut…what an idea raji!!…

    Reply
  48. Aseem Saxena

    January 26, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Looks great… some queries:

    1. could not find the "To Temper" table…

    2. Is this fresh coconut or desiccated?

    Thanks,

    Aseem

    Reply
  49. RAKS KITCHEN

    January 26, 2011 at 9:05 am

    Hi aseema, I somehow missed to add the 'To temper table',glad that you saw and mentioned it,now I have edited to add that. And the coconut is fresh coconut,not sure how desiccated would taste in this!

    Reply
  50. Usha

    February 8, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    Love the color of your chutney.. I use sesame and/or peanuts instead of coconut. Will try using coconut next time.

    http://www.myspicykitchen.net

    Reply
  51. Aathira

    December 10, 2011 at 8:00 am

    Lovely recipe. easy peasy… and came out tasty amazing! Thank you! Bookmarking NOW !

    Reply
  52. Naqabi

    September 30, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    yes yes with masala dosa i wanted to try this chutney and wow it was really fine for my taste buds, i dont like tomatoes flavor dominating much but this was just fine as i like, everything was balancing and going along each other. just a supercool recipe. yea i aded lil bit of fried daal to it too 🙂

    Reply
  53. Sneha G

    December 10, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    Before seeing your website, I honestly thought I was not capable of ever cooking! I proved me family wrong and owe it all to your simple way of explaining all these dishes! I really want to thank you so much and you have created an interest in me to learn more and more… thank you 🙂

    Reply
  54. Su

    May 21, 2013 at 7:54 am

    Chutney is very delicious.
    I cooked today as a side dish for dosa. I just loved it.

    Thanks a ton.
    I am newly married and eager to learn tasty recipes and found your website dream come true.

    Reply
  55. anjali

    June 10, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    this recipe was very good exactly as we eat in Sagar Ratna . even my kids loved it ,
    thanks a ton

    Reply
  56. anjali

    June 10, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    This is too good .though i had noted down a few days back but tried today, Everyone simply loved it. very restaurant like taste.

    Reply
  57. Mayura Shinde

    July 15, 2013 at 1:53 am

    The chutney was delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe.

    Reply
  58. Sonia Punnen

    August 20, 2013 at 1:11 am

    the chutney was very very yummy.

    Reply
  59. Sonia Punnen

    August 20, 2013 at 1:11 am

    the chutney was very very yummy.

    Reply
  60. Ackansha Deoli

    February 17, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    Can anybody please tell me ' " what she meant by tampering" I am a novice in Indian cooking D

    Reply
  61. Raks anand

    February 17, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    Please refer FAQs for more details on tempering

    Reply
  62. Nuzhath Fatima

    February 19, 2014 at 9:06 am

    I just tried your chutney today… And seriously it came out well and real yummy… guess wat??? first time in 5 years of my married life my MIL liked something and appreciated too… Thanks a lot dear…

    Reply
  63. Indrani Dutta

    August 25, 2014 at 6:54 am

    When n where did you add the asafetida?

    Reply
  64. Renuka Ambbarees

    September 5, 2014 at 12:19 am

    How many tomatoes have to add? Because u didn't mention it. .mam

    Reply
  65. Raks anand

    September 5, 2014 at 12:28 am

    Updated now

    Reply
  66. Kavitha Senthil

    February 22, 2016 at 7:13 am

    Hi your recipes are great help for my cooking. I am a fan of murugan idli kadai tomato chutney. However i try i am getting the same taste at home. Do you know the recipe?? Please share or try.
    Thks & regards
    Kavitha.

    Reply
  67. Praveena

    March 31, 2016 at 4:57 am

    Hi I am a follower of ur recipes. I search recipes with ur name also. The spicyness u use in ur recipes r so high. For this chutney for 1 onion and 1 tomato 1 red chilly was enough. May be two for spice lovers. BT 3 is too much. Few ppl will follow the recipe as it is. Pls mention the spice level or tell the quantity in medium spicyness.

    Reply
  68. Raks anand

    March 31, 2016 at 5:05 am

    Hi, Praveena, 3 is not high definitely. Because at times I add 4 too! May be there are different types of chillies that have different spice level. Note that the onion and tomato size also matters. But for the tanginess from tomato, the chana dal, the coconut, I am sure 3 is not spicy. I remember once my mom got another variety of red chilli that are relatively small than the one shown in the picture in my post, but it was damn spicy. so everything depends. I am trying to give you an idea about the recipe, so depending on your first try and your family's preferences, please adjust the recipe. So since you now know its spicy for you, you can always reduce in all the recipes 🙂 since you are my follower I am trying to help how to work it out 🙂
    Actually it's hard to mention the spice level. Because, what is spicy for me is not for you or vice versa.

    Reply
  69. Gayathri Ganesh

    April 1, 2016 at 10:27 am

    Love your recipes Raks 🙂 I tried this recipe today and it came out awesome 🙂 I used 4 chillies n it was perfect. Have you tried adding garlic ? If so, how many pods will do and when to add it.

    Reply
  70. Praveena

    April 1, 2016 at 10:27 am

    Ya u r right. It might be the red chilly variety. And I always reduce the no. of red chillies in ur recipes. Other than that I follow the same u mention.. U rock:-)

    Reply
  71. Gayathri Ganesh

    April 1, 2016 at 12:37 pm

    Love your recipes Raks 🙂 I this recipe today and it came out awesome 🙂 I used 4 chillies n it was perfect. Have you tried adding garlic ? If so, how many pods will do and when to add it.

    Reply
  72. Raks anand

    April 1, 2016 at 12:44 pm

    Yes I have tried, it turns delicious. I add 3 small variety garlic flakes. first add it to oil then add onion for sauteeing.

    Reply
  73. Don Pin

    January 31, 2018 at 7:16 am

    Just made and came out superb! Wish I could show you the picture.

    Reply

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