KADALAI PARUPPU CHUTNEY | CHANA DAL CHUTNEY
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3
 
Ingredients
  • Oil – ½ tbsp
  • Chana dal or kadalai paruppu – 2 tbsp
  • Shallots – 3 nos
  • Red chilli – 2 nos
  • Tomato – 1 no
  • Grated coconut – 1 tbsp
  • Salt as required
To temper:
  • Oil- ½ tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  • Urad dal – ½ tsp
  • Curry leaves – 5 nos
Instructions
  1. Heat a flat pan with oil and add chana dal (kadalai paruppu). Stir for a minute and add roughly chopped shallots. Sauté well and add red chilli and chopped tomato.
  2. Add salt and sauté for couple of minutes.
  3. Allow them to cool and blend it along with grated coconut.
  4. Transfer the kadalai paruppu chutney to a serving bowl and do the seasoning. Enjoy it with hot idlis along with idli podi on the side!
Notes
Do not fry the chana dal for so long. Add onions before the chana dal turn brown. The right state is when the chana dal turns white around the corners.
Recipe by MyEdibleCravings at http://myediblecravings.com/kadalai-paruppu-chutney/