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    Home » Recipes » Chutney Recipes

    Pottukadalai chutney recipe | Udacha kadalai chutney

    June 10, 2021 by Raks Anand 3 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Pottukadalai chutney recipe is an easy side dish for idli, dosa and other south Indian Breakfast items. This have only very less coconut and comparatively stays good longer.

    pottukadalai chutney recipe

    With the very common ingredient you have in your pantry, you can make this versatile chutney.

    Check out my soft idli recipe served with this chutney and equally tasty peanut chutney without coconut in this website.

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    • Variations
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    Ingredients

    Pottukadalai is known as roasted gram dal commonly. In Tamil it is also called as Udacha kadalai. This is always present in South Indian households and one of the easily available healthy item for kids.

    We use it in various chutney mainly or even in kurma, kuzhambu as thickening agent along the other ground items. Even we make snack and sweet with it. If I am not wrong it is also known as Dariya.

    pottukadalai udacha kadalai
    Pottukadalai, known though various names as fried gram dal, udacha kadalai, chutney dal, roasted gram dal, daria

    Pottukadalai Health benefits

    A healthy ingredient available easily, economical and loved by kids. A handful of this for kids to snack along with jaggery provides lots of nutrients.

    • Helps improving bone strength
    • Enhances immunity
    • Reduce inflammation
    • Lowers cholesterol

    Variations

    I used ginger, garlic and onion in this chutney. But if you want to make it satvik, you can omit these and use asafoetida powder while tempering.

    The consistency is purely your choice. If you want watery go ahead and add some water or want to keep it thick, you can serve as getti chutney.

    You can also skip the coconut and make pottukadalai chutney without coconut.

    Roast all the items for longer shelf life. Especially if you are going to keep in the room temperature for long. Use spoon even while grinding and avoid using bare hands.

    You can skip tamarind in this recipe and in addition, add sauteed tomato, roasted red chilli in place of green chilli for variations.

    pottukadalai chutney, udacha kadalai

    Top tip

    • Unlike peanut chutney though this is similar, this may not take much water like it, so add carefully.
    • Never try to boil as it may turn the texture different.
    • Also too hot tempering added on top can result in lumps.

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    • Chutney idli
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    Recipe card

    pottukadalai chutney, udacha kadalai
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    Pottukadalai chutney recipe

    Pottukadalai chutney recipe is an easy side dish for South Indian tiffin like paniyaram, bajji, bonda, vadai or even with breakfast like idli, dosa upma.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 5 minutes
    Servings 3
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Pottukadalai udacha kadalai
    • 2 tablespoon Coconut grated
    • 4 Green chilli
    • 1 Garlic small flake
    • ¼ teaspoon Ginger
    • ¼ teaspoon Small onion
    • ¼ teaspoon Tamarind
    • Salt

    To temper

    • 2 teaspoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 1 Sprig Curry leaves
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    Instructions

    • First, heat a kadai with oil. Break and saute green chilli until it becomes pale. Drain from oil keep aside.
    • In the same oil you can temper and transfer to the serving bowl.
    • Place pottukadalai, coconut, chilli, garlic, ginger, onion, tamarind and salt in mixer. Powder it first.
    • Then add water and grind it wet.
    • Transfer to serving bowl, adjust water and mix well with tadka.

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    Notes

    • You can skip tamarind in this recipe.
    • Skip the coconut and make pottukadalai chutney without coconut.
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    Stepwise photos

    1. First, heat a kadai with oil. Break and saute green chilli until it becomes pale. Drain from oil keep aside.

    saute chilli

    2. In the same oil you can temper and transfer to the serving bowl firstly.

    3. Then, place pottukadalai, coconut, chilli, garlic, ginger, onion, tamarind and salt in mixer. Powder it first.

    dry grind

    4. Then add water and grind it wet.

    step3-add-water

    Tempering pottukadalai chutney

    5. Finally transfer to serving bowl, adjust water and mix well with tadka.

    mix tempering

    I enjoyed with hot, pillow soft idlis.

    udacha kadalai chutney

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    • Chow chow chutney recipe (Thogayal)

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Kp

      June 11, 2021 at 7:14 pm

      Idley Is very good recepie.and chatani is very good with tadaka. Can you send me good madu wada make in hotel style. and how to make good Rasam u also send thk u .like south Indian make.i make rasam in home

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        June 11, 2021 at 8:30 pm

        Thank you
        Medhu vadai
        Rasam

        Reply
    2. sreeram

      January 19, 2022 at 6:19 pm

      5 stars
      Splendid recipe. Goes well without coconut. Good guide line.

      Reply

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