Peanut Onion Red Chutney

Ingredients :

• Peanut  1/4 cup Roasted
• Onion  1 small Chopped
• Red Chilies  4 - 5
• Tamarind 1/4 inch piece
• Curry Leaves  Few
• Hing a pinch
• Oil  2 tsp
• Salt to taste

Method :

1) In a medium flame heat a pan and sprinkle a few drops of oil and nicely roast the peanuts till turns to golden color. Remove from the pan and cool and rub the skin off or you can use with skin too
2) In the same pan add 1tsp of oil and fry the onions, then add the red chilies, curry leaves, tamarind,  salt and fry for a minute. Remove from the flame and let it cool completely
3) Grind the roasted peanuts, onions mixture to fine paste using a little water.
4) Transfer the chutney to a bowl and set aside.
5) Heat a teaspoon of oil for tempering. Add the mustard seeds and urud dal/white lentils let them splutter. When the seeds stop popping, add the curry leaves and hing. Stir for a couple of seconds and turn off the heat.
6) Pour it over the chutney and combine well. Serve with dosa, Idli, Rava Roti.

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Onion Tomato Chutney

If coconut is not available at home I simply go for this chutney. It goes very well with most of the breakfast dishes like Idli, Masala Dosa, Rava Roti, Rava Dosa, etc., Enjoy this spicy finger licking chutney.

Ingredients:

> For Chutney

• 1.5 cup Tomato chopped 
• 1 cup Onion chopped 
• 3 tsp Red chili Powder 
• 1/4 tsp Haldi/Turmeric powder 
• Tamarind tiny ball in size 
• Few of curry leaves 
• Salt to Taste

> For Seasoning

• 1 tsp mustard seeds 
• 1 tsp urad dal /White Lentils (grown in Indian subcontinent- Available in Indian Store)
• Few of curry leaves 
• A pinch of asafoetida/Hing 

Time Required: 15 -20 mins

Method:

Step 01) Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion saute 2 mins. 

Step 02) Add tomato and stir fry 1 min. 

Step 03) Add curry leaves, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and tamarind

Step 04) Stir fry nicely till raw smell disappears

Step 05) Allow this to cool down completely

Step 06) Grind the above with no water or just a few drops of water and make it thick

Step 07) Add seasoning to the chutney

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