ONION TOMATO CHUTNEY FOR IDLI AND DOSA/ ULLIPAYA-TOMATO PACHDI
This is a Telugu version of onion and tomato chutney. I had a chance to relish it while we were staying in Visakhapatnam. This quick-to-cook and tasty chutney or pachdi goes best with the Idlis, especially when prepared fresh, almost 3-4 days a week. Small onions or shallots are ideal for making this chutney. This savory side dish tastes divine with several add-ins like chana dal, urad dal, coconut, and whole red chilies that are fried in oil with onions
The process of making this chutney is very easy. Your kitchen is filled with heavenly aromas that rise while frying dals, coconut, red chilies, and curry leaves. Onions and tomatoes are roasted with these aromatics and then ground with the help of some water. An ideal breakfast in each and every Telugu household includes a plateful of idlis with ullipaya-thakalli pachdi (onion-tomato chutney). Let’s try to make this easy-peasy chutney
Prep Time – 5 minutes
Cook Time – 10 minutes
Ready in – 20 minutes
Type – Side Dish
Cuisine – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Author – Bharti Dhawan
● INGREDIENTS REQUIRED
• Onions – 1 large or 2 medium sized
• Tomato – 1 medium sized
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Chana dal(split Bengal gram) – 1 tbsp
• Split urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Fresh or dry coconut shavings – 1 tbsp
• Tamarind/Imli – 1 small piece
• Whole red chilies – 3-4 nos.
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Hing/Asafoetida – 1/2 tsp
• Water – half cup
• Curry leaves – 3-4 small springs
● PREPARATIONS TO BE DONE
1 – Slice onions thinly
2 – Chop coarsely tomatoes
● HOW TO MAKE ONION-TOMATO CHUTNEY
1 – Heat oil in a kadahi and add mustard seeds, hing powder, chana dal, and urad dal
2 – Fry the above ingredients and add red chilies and curry leaves. Fry them with dals
3 – Next, add sliced onions. Fry onions until they become translucent
4 – Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Combine and cook all the ingredients
5 – Next, add coconut shavings and tamarind piece. Allow to cook for a while
6 – Add water and allow one boil. Turn off the flame and allow the stuff to cool down
7 – Now, grind the cooked stuff into fine paste. Add some more water to ease the grinding
8 – Tasty onion-tomato chutney is ready to accompany Idli and dosa. Enjoy to your fullest 😋❤️
NOTES AND TIPS
* Use fresh coconut while making onion-tomato chutney. Fresh coconut was unavailable to me, so I had to use dry coconut powder
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