Pottukadalai Chutney | Fried gram dal chutney | Chutney Recipes - How to make Potukadalai Chutney for Idli or dosa

We always tend to forget to post some recipes, which we do it most often, thinking that, it is not of much importance. Such a kind of recipe is Pottukadalai chutney recipe / Fried Gram dal Chutney. I prepared this last Saturday and had it for the breakfast, suddenly, I remembered that I have not posted this recipe. So the next day, I prepared it again and clicked it. It may sound very simple but, you believe it or not, in my early stages after marriage, I do not know how to cook this Pottukadalai chutney. This chutney is my hubby's favorite and he used to cook it for me during weekend. The second chutney, I learnt in my cooking life. First being the tomato chutney and third, ground nut chutney.

Pottukadalai chutney Recipe/Roasted gram chutney

Preparation time: 10 min | Cook Time: 05 min | Serves:4
Recipe Category: Side Dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

• Pottukadai / Fried gram dal - 1 cup
• Coconut grated - 1/4 cup
• Green chillies - 3
• Salt - as per taste
• Water - 1/2 cup ( or adjust accordingly)

To temper

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - a pinch
• Urud dal / Black gram - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves - 5 to 6
• Dry chilli - 1
• Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Method
1. Take 1 cup of Pottukadalai and slightly dry roast it for just a minute. Take a food processor and add the pottukadalai, salt and green chilli and water and grind to a paste.
2. Now add the grated coconut and grind again to a coarse paste. Transfer the content to a bowl.
3. In a kadai, add oil and when hot, add the ingredients under the To Temper, one by one and fry a min. When they are slight brown, switch off the stove and add this temper to the chutney. Mix and serve it .
4. Goes very well with Idli, Dosa or Pongal etc.

Notes:

1. If you prefer the tamarind taste, you can add a little piece and grind together.

2. Also you can increase or decrease the quantity of coconut according to your taste. But I feel, if coconut quantity is increased, the gram taste decreases. So I added the quantity, which is required for our family. 

3. Adding the dried red chilli is purely optional. 

4. You can also adjust the water quantity to make the chutney thick or as per your taste.

You can also check the below chutneys
Groundnut chutney
Mint coriander yogurt chutney
Tomato Chatni

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