ONION CHUTNEY(Venkaga Chutney)

Hey guys, you know what…… at times we would not have any vegetables in home. In such case we’ll be confused about our dinner plan. And I’m sure we’ll b having idly or dosa batters in our home. So I learnt from my mom that with the help of onions, tomatoes and some basic ingredients, we can prepare a delicious chutney. This onion chutney is the well-known recipe to everyone but just a little changes can be done to make it more delicious and yummy……..

PREPARATION TIME: 20 mins

COOKING TIME: 15 mins

SERVING SIZE: 4 person

INGREDIENTS:

Chopped Onions-3

Chopped Tomatoes-3

Coriander leaves – few(optional)

Mint leaves – few(optional)

Ginger- little bit(optional)

Grated Coconut- ½ tablespoon(optional)

Salt- ½ tablespoon

Oil-  1 tablespoon

Red chillies-2

TO TEMPER:

Mustard seeds- 1 tablespoon                

Urad dal- 1 tablespoon

PROCEDURE:

1.       Have a vessel in a stove. Add oil. Once it gets heated add mustard seeds and once it splutters add urad dal.

2.       Once it gets roasted add the little bit of ginger  and the red chilles( I added just one because I needed less spice)

3.       Now add onions. Once the onions turned golden brown , we can add the grated  coconut

4.       Now add tomatoes and salt. Fry it until the raw smell goes and also it should be mushy.

5.       Keep it aside for 5 minutes under the fan. So let it cool. At the same time add the mint leaves and coriander leaves  in the mixie.

6.       Once the mixture is cool add it in mixie and grind.

7.       Once grinded the chutney is good to serve

8.       We can serve the chutney with either hot idlies or dosa and even it tastes good with chapathi

Finally the chutney is ready……………

THINGS TO KNOW:

1.     If u add curry leaves with that, chutney tastes even more good.

2.    Also,  kids will like this chutney a lot.

3.    More the spice u need u can add more red chillies and the less you need , you can add just 1 chilly,