Roasted Gram Dal Chutney – 3 Ingredient Pottukadalai Chutney

Roasted Gram Dal Chutney – Pottukadalai Chutney recipe – Easy 3- Ingredient Pottukadalai chutney – a simple humble side dish for Idli, Dosai , Uttapams etc kind of breakfast dishes. This has 3 main ingredients and rest are just tempering ingredients, salt and water.

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Roasted Gram Dal Chutney

Roasted Gram Dal Chutney – a simple humble side dish for Idli, Dosai , Uttapams etc kind of breakfast dishes. 

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time5 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian, Tamilnadu

Keyword: breakfast, chutney, sidedish, southindianbreakfast

Servings: 4 people

Author: Mullai Madavan

Ingredients

3 Main Ingredients

• 6 each Dry Red Chilli long variety
• 1/4 cup Roasted gram dal / Dalai/ Pottukadalai
• 1/2 cup Fresh Grated Coconut

For Grinding

• 1/4 cup Water
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt preferably crystal salt, kallu uppu

For tempering

• 1 teaspoon Oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon Split black gram
• 1 pinch Asafoetida
• 5 each Curry leaves finely chopped

Instructions

• Lightly roast Dry red chili in a drop of oil.
• Grind the red chillies along with roasted gram dal, grated coconut, salt and water to fine consistency.
• Heat remaining oil and temper with mustard, split black gram, asafoetida and curry leaves.
• Add this to the chutney and mix well.
• Serve as a side dish for Idli Dosa.

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• Lightly roast the dry red chillies in a tawa with a drop of oil till they turn brisk. In a mixer jar…combine roasted chillies, roasted gram dal, fresh grated coconut, salt and water. Grind to fine consistency and keep it ready in a cup.
• Heat oil in a small thalippu pan, splutter mustard seeds, split black gram, asafoetida and curry leaves. Add this tempering to the chutney and mix well.
• Serve it along with idli or dosai.

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Notes

• Tempering is optional for this chutney.Its taste good even when served plain.
• If making plain non tempering version then use less water to grind and make the consistency of the chutney a little thick… somewhat like ghetti chtuney.
• This chutney has 3 main ingredients and additional salt & water 😀 & tempering!