Vara Milagai Chutney | Red Chilli Chutney | Kaara Chutney Recipe

Vara Milagai Chutney or Chilli chutney popularly know as Kara Chutney has become my favorite chutney now a days. I first tasted this chutney in my chithi's house. She is a great cook and cooks variety of chutneys. When I tasted this chutney for the hot hot idli's, I could not resist myself from asking some more. So here goes the easy recipe for the Vara Milagai Chutney.

Some chutney recipes for you to view
Groundnut chutney
Coriander chutney
Pottukadalai Chutney
Coconut chutney

Mint coriander and yogurt chutney

Vara Milagai Chutney

Preparation time: 5 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

Red chillies - 10 nos
Onion - 1 medium sized ( or 10 shallots )
Tomato - 1 medium sized
Tamarind - a small piece
Garlic cloves - 4 to 5
Salt - as per taste
Water - as needed

For Tempering
Cooking oil - 2 tbsp (Gingely oil works best)
Mustard seeds - 2 pinch
Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - few

Method

1. Take the mentioned ingredients. ( I had only 3 cloves of garlic and so added 1 tsp of garlic paste while grinding)

2. Transfer them to the food processor adding little water. Add required salt. 

3. Grind to a coarse paste. 

4. In a pan or vessel, add oil and then the tempering ingredients one by one. Fry till light brown. 

5. Now add the ground paste.

6. Sauté it nicely till the extra water and raw smell goes off.

7. When it comes to thick consistency, switch off the stove. 

8. Serve it with hot idlis or dosas. I had it with hot kuzhipaniyaram. 

Notes:

1. Adding shallots gives more taste. 

2. The spice level of the chutney can be increased or decreased as per the taste.
3. Gingely oil gives a nice taste, compared to other cooking oil. So try to use gingely oil.

Coriander Chutney | Kothamalli chutney | Kothamalli thuvayal | How to prepare coriander chutney | Chutney recipes | Side dish for idli or dosa

Coriander Chutney or Kothamalli chutney or kothamalli thuvayal is one of the healthy chutney I can say. But, as my kids do not eat this and ask for ground nut chutney or pottukadalai chutney always, I prepare this chutney rarely. Last saturday, I prepared this chutney, and clicked the snaps. This coriander chutney is my MIL's. speciality. 

Here are the other chutney recipes in this blog...

Thengai chutney

Pottukadalai Chutney
Groundnut Chutney
Mint Coriander Yogurt Chutney
Carrot Chutney

How to prepare Coriander Chutney

Preparation time: 5 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 5

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

Coriander - 1 bunch

Curry leaves - 3 to 4 springs (Optional)

Red Chillies - 3 to 4

Urud dal / black gram - 1/2 tsp

Tamarind - Small amla/gooseberry size

Oil - 1 tsp

Salt - as per taste

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Method 

1. Wash the coriander leaves and curry leaves.

2. In a vessel add the oil and when it is hot, add the urud dal, red chilli. 

3. When the urud dal is light brown, add the grated coconut.

4. Fry it, till the coconut is light brown. 

5. Add the coriander leaves and curry leaves.

6. Saute them nicely.

7. Transfer the content to the mixer grinder or food processor adding the salt and the tamarind.

8. Add little water and grind to a coarse paste. Coriander chutney is ready to be served.

Yummy coriander chutney / Kothamalli chutney / Kothamalli thuvayal is ready to be served as a side dish for idli or dosa. 

Notes:
1. Addition of curry leaves is optional. But my mil's adds this.
2. If you like more coconut, you can increase it to 1/2 cup.

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Coconut Chutney | Thengai Pottukadalai Chutney | Side dish for Dosa or Idli | Chutney Recipes | Easy Coconut Chutney Recipe

Coconut Chutney / Thengai Pottukadalai Chutney is one of the easy and tasty chutney. There are so many varieties of coconut chutney that is prepared in every house hold of Tamil Nadu. Here we are going to see the basic preparation of the coconut chutney that is famous in Tamil Nadu. This post is mostly for the beginners in cooking.

You can check some Chutney Recipes
Pottukadalai Chutney
Groundnut Chutney
Mint Coriander Yogurt Chutney
Carrot Chutney

How to make Coconut Chutney / Thengai chutney with pottukadalai

Preparation time: 8 min | Cook Time: 3 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side Dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients
Coconut  - 1 cup (grated)
Roasted Gram (pottukadalai) - 1/3 cup
Green chillies - 3
Onion - 1 small (optional)
Garlic - 1 clove (optional)
Salt - as per taste
Water - as required

To Temper
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 2 pinch
Urud dal - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few

Method

1. Add the coconut, roasted gram, green chillies, onion, garlic, salt with little water and grind to a coarse paste. If you need, add some more water.

2. The chutney should be not be too thick or too watery. So add water little by little. The consistency should be something as shown below.

3. Now in a small pan, add oil and when hot, add the mustard seeds and when it splutters, add the urud dal and when it is light brown, add the curry leaves and fry for a min.

4. Transfer this tempering to the chutney. 

Easy Coconut Chutney / Thengai Chutney is ready

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