Garlic Chutney Recipe | Poondu (Lasun) Chutney for Idli, Dosa

Garlic Chutney, or poondu chutney, lasun (luhsun) ki chatni is spicy garlic chutney made with red chili and cocout, a variation garlic chutney what we make for chaat items. This garlic chutney makes great side dish with idli, dosa, adai, paniyaram and if you like spicy chutney then you will sure love this one too. It's always challenging to think what to make as quick side with idli or dosa other than usual coconut chutney, peanut chutney those days you can try this easy chutney recipe.

Red Coconut Chutney | Red Chili Coconut Chutney for Idli, Dosa

Red Coconut Chutney, or red chili coconut chutney is spicy coconut chutney made with red chili and onion, a variation from normal coconut chutney. Red coconut chutney makes great side dish with idli, dosa, adai, paniyaram and if you like spicy chutney then you will sure love this one too. It's always challenging to think what to make as quick side with idli or dosa other than usual coconut chutney, peanut chutney those days you can try this easy chutney recipe.

Falahari Tamatar Dhaniya Chutney | Vrat ki Hari Chutney | Navratri Vrat Recipes

Phalahari Chutney,no cook green chutney with tomato and coriander leaves, vrat ki hari chutney, tamatar dhaniya falahari chutney is easy and simple chutney made with fresh tomato, coriander leaves and spiced with green chilies. This is one of my favorite chutney and I have posted which is not satvik chutney version so here I am posting today falahari or satvik chutney for vrat or upvaas, this is one chatni that can be serve with almost everything whether you are fasting or not.

Mint Chutney | Pudina Chutney Recipe (without coconut)

Mint Chutney or Pudina Chutney is my most favorite chutney recipe, it's flavorful, aromatic, refreshing and a total bliss every mouthful according to me. Made with simple and minimal ingredients pudina chatni makes good side dish with idli, dosa, upma, pongal, adai, paniyaram or even with paratha, any variety rice (I like to eat with plain rice too) and also we can also use this base for any sandwich or serve with any starter.

Sweet Chutney | Imli Ki Meethi Chutney | Chaat Chutney Recipes

Imli Ki Meethi Chutney, Sweet Chutney or Sweet Chaat Chutney, tamarind sweet chutney is easy chaat chutney made with tamarind, raisins, jaggery as main ingredients. I have already posted sweet chutney recipe in which is made from tamarind and dates and in this sweet chutney no dates are used. If I run out of dates stock (which is like rare( and need to prepare some sweet chutney then this is recipe I follow, it's easy and quick and makes real good chaat sweet chutney.

Coconut Peanut Chutney Recipe (for Idli, Dosa)

Coconut peanut chutney is easy, quick chutney recipe with minimal ingredients, it's different from normal coconut chutney here we use peanut instead of roasted gram or daliya and peanuts brings sweetness and flavors to this chutney. I have already posted peanut chutney normally which I make with red chilies and roasted gram too but one can adapt this chutney recipe remove coconut and make it as peanut chutney too.

Bombay Chutney | Besan Chutney Recipe (For Dosa, Poori)

Bombay Chutney or Besan chutney is easy chutney or side dish with poori, roti, paratha, dosa etc. This bombay chutney comes handy when you are bored of usual side dish with poori, paratha or don't have any vegetable in hand or instead of normal chutney try this bombay chutney with any dosa and you will love it, the combination works like a charm.

Curry Leaves Chutney | Karuveppilai Chutney Recipe (For Idli, Dosa)

Curry Leaves Chutney or karuveppilai chutney is healthy, flavorful accompaniment for idli, dosa, pongal, upma or any other tiffin items.  Curry leaves chutney is tasty and very healthy too, if you want to try something new then try this chutney. This is no onion no garlic recipe but you can also add 1 or 2 garlic pods to if you like.  You can also do the same with mint leaves just replace curry leaves with mint leaves to have mint chutney.

Carrot Chutney Recipe | Gajar Chatni (for Idli, Dosa)

Carrot Chutney or gajar chatni is one of the easy and healthy and no coconut chutney recipe for idli, dosa, pongal, vada or any tiffin items. I used to make this carrot chutney a lot some time back and along with few variations.  This carrot chutney is easy and a good change from normal coconut, onion or tomato chutney plus a good way to include carrot in our diet and specially for kids if they don't eat carrot, this is also no onion no garlic chutney recipe.

Peerkangai Thol Thogayal | Ridgegourd (Turai) Peel Chutney Recipe (for Idli, Dosa, Rice)

Ridge gourd peel chutney or turai chilka chutney or Peerkangai Thol Thogayal (chutney) is easy thogayal recipe made with ridge gourd peel or skin and other minimal ingredients.   Never let your ridge gourd peel go waste and try this easy thovaiyal recipe which works as great side dish with dosa, idli, pongal and steamed rice. Rice this thogayal and ghee is great combination to relish.

Phalahari Mungfali Til Chutney | Peanuts Sesame Chutney | Navratri Vrat Recipes

Phalahari Mungfali Til Chutney, Vrat Ki Chatni, Peanut Sesame Chutney is delicious chutney suitable for fasting (vrat/upwas) or with idli-dosa or any tiffin items. If you like peanut chutney then you will love this one too, sesame makes this chutney creamy and tasty. This is another chutney that I make often other than my peanut chutney, onion tomato chutney. The best thing about this chutney is it's suitable for everyday and also while fasting (vrat/upwas).

Phalahari Hari (dhaniya) Chutney Recipe for Fasting | Navratri Vrat-Upwas Recipes

Phalahari Hari Chutney or Vrat ki dhaniya chatni or fasting green coriander chutney whatever we may call is chutney recipe suitable for Navratri or any other fasting. This is no onion no garlic recipe and made with simple and few ingredients. This simple green chutney is suitable for fasting or just any day you just want to replace sendha namak (rock salt) with normal salt if not making this during fasting.

Allam Pachadi Recipe | Ginger Chutney (for Idli, Dosa)

Allam Pachadi is one of the most famous recipe from Andhra, it can be served as a chutney as pickle.  Allam pachadi is synonyms with Pesarattu another Andhra delicacy but it also goes well with idli, dosa, paratha, pakoda etc.  Allam means ginger and pachadi means chutney in Telugu so this chutney is made with ginger, tamarind, red chilli as main ingredients and it's taste really delicious even people tasting it for first time will like this pachadi (chutney).

Erra Karam | Red Chutney Recipe

I always like spicy chutney and this red hot chutney or as it's called in Telugu Erra Karam or red chutney just fits the bill for me.  This is Prathibha's recipe from the time she posted Erra Karam Dosa I wanted to try it and I did too, it's one of spicy and flavorful dosa but the dosa talk we will do later some time for today this erra karam is our friend.  Erra means Red and Karam means Spicy in Telugu so this is red hot spicy chutney made with simple and minimal ingredients and star ingredient in this recipe is chilli.

Coconut Coriander Chutney Recipe (for Idli, Dosa)

I like coconut coriander chutney in all the coconut chutney I make, I simply love the flavors of coriander leaves in coconut chutney.  Simple and flavorful coconut cilantro chutney goes well with idli, dosa or even vada, bonda.  Like most of the recipe this simple chutney too has variations you can add mint leaves for added color and taste, adding a pinch of jaggery balance the flavors. Add garlic if you love your garlic and if you don't like skip the tamarind so you see there are plenty of options here.

Onion Tomato Chutney Recipe (for Idli, Dosa)

Onion tomato chutney is one of easy and quick chutney recipe with very less ingredients and it taste fabulous.  There was a time when I use to make this lot or say 90% of time it will be onion tomato chutney for me and I  use to do plenty of variations but this is the basic recipe and it works just  perfect and guess what there's no coconut too. Spicy, tangy and sweet this chutney is perfect accompliment with idli, dosa.  Normally this chutney doesn't really require any tempering, it taste by itself very good so skip it if you wish too.

Tamatar Dhaniya Ki Chutney | Tomato Cilantro Chutney Recipe

Tamatar Dhaniye ki chutney aka tomato and green coriander leaves chutney is one recipe that I wanted to post for ages.  This chutney recipe I learnt from  my in-laws and it's one of most popular chutney, for any dish side chutney has to be this  one as in North India coconut or onion chutney is almost doesn't has existence and most important thing chutney is used as a side along with meal or with pakoas, bajjiya, chawal roti, farra etc the typical North Indian affair.  Of course now a days people try all sort of things but in villages these rules still holds high.

Bottlegourd Chunety | Lauki | Dudhi Chutney Recipe

I like bottle gourd, ridge gourd chutney and I make this almost every time I use both these veggie.  I use skin(peel) along with few bottle gourd pieces to make the chutney, but some times if bottle gourd is not tender then I use it mostly to make chutney or dal as making sabzi won't be nice and it take ages to get cooked. 

Onion Chutney Recipe

Onion chutney is one of my favorite chutney which is very easy and simple to make and goes well with idli, dosa or any other tiffin items.   There are many ways of making onion chutney I like to do this way, lot of variations also can be done with this simple chutney.  I added half of tomato which helps in grinding and also add color to chutney, if you wish you can skip tomato and follow rest of procedure.  Try this simple onion chutney with minimal ingredients plus it can be done in jiffy, I am sure you will like it. 

Ingredients:

Onion - 1 large
Tomato - 1/2
Oil - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chili - 5-6
Garlic Pods - 4
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Water - 2-3 tbsp [if required]

For Tempering
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig

Method:

1. Peel, chop onion and tomato.
2. In a wok or pan heat oil add cumin seeds and allow to crack, add dry red chili, garlic and sauté. 
3. Add chopped onion and fry until tight brown, off flame and allow to cool.
4. Grind together with tomato, salt and tamarind into fine paste.  Add 2-3 water if required.

For Tempering
5. In same wok/pan add heat oil, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter, add curry leaves fry for 30 seconds and pour over chutney.

Variations
~ Tomato helps in grinding and also add nice color to chutney.
~ You can add little coconut.

Have a nice day ~~

Spicy Garlic Chutney | Luhsun Mirch Ki Chutney

 
I have become a big garlic eater and the fact that garlic is good for health makes it more appealing.   I have made garlic chutney many times but didn’t manage to post until this time I manage to click it before it gets polish off as it’s one lip smacking chutney.   Very easy, quick and tasty garlic chutney that goes well with almost every thing.  I eat this with parata, any variety rice, idli, dosa and ofcourse for chaat recipes like vada pav, bhel, dabeli; the list goes on. 
Warning here is this chutney is way too spicy so if you can’t handle it then reduce number of chilies.  Adding tomato is optional in this chutney but normally I add as it bring good color and helps in grinding. 



You can also check - Homemade Garlic Powder

Ingredients:

Dry Red Chilies - 12
Large Garlic Pods - 6-8 [if you are using small garlic pods then using 18-20]
Tomato - 1 [small]
Tamarind - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds/Jeera - 1 tsp
Salt -  to taste
Water - 1-2 tbsp



Method:

1. Add all the ingredients in a blender or mixer and blend into smooth chutney.  Add water in small quantity only if required to make chutney smooth.

Our S P I C Y garlic chutney is ready.  Have it with any thing of you choice.
 

Notes ~

~ You can add tempering over chutney.  To do that heat 1 tsp oil, add 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 1 sprig curry leaves, 1 dry red chili, 1/2 tsp urad dal and roast until dal gets golden brown, pour over chutney.
~ This chutney is very spicy, if you like less spice then reduce number of chilies.

Have a nice day ~~