Quick and Easy Onion Chutney Recipe

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Onion Chutney | Vengaya Chutney is a simple, healthy, flavourful south Indian style chutney recipe. You can quickly prepare this within 20 minutes and serve it as a side dish for any south Indian tiffin items.

How to make quick and easy Onion Chutney/Vengaya Chutney recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions along with images.

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Before moving on to the onion chutney recipe. Let's know about -

What is Onion Chutney?

Onion Chutney is a popular chutney recipe. It is one of the classic chutneys made throughout the southern parts of India. Onion chutney is known as Vengaya Chutney in Tamil, Ulli Chammanthi in Malayalam, Ullipaya Pachadi in Telugu and Pyaaz Chutney in Hindi.

Onion Chutney is one of my favourite chutney recipes. The complex flavour of this chutney complements warm Idli, crispy Dosa, hot Kuzhipaniyaram, deep-fried fritters, and other dishes.

Onion Chutney Ingredients

Ingredients required to prepare onion chutney/vengaya chutney are big onions, urad dal, chana dal, toor dal and spices like mustard seeds, chillies, salt, asafoetida, tamarind, curry leaves and coriander leaves.

All right, let's move on to the onion chutney recipe.

How to make Onion Chutney? | How to make Vengaya Chutney?

Onion Chutney | Vengaya Chutney is a simple, healthy, flavourful south Indian style chutney recipe. You can quickly prepare this within 20 minutes and serve it as a side dish for any south Indian tiffin items.

Cuisine - South Indian
Serving - 4
Timing - 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Medium Sized Onions - 4
Tamarind - 1 teaspoon
Urad Dal/Black Gram - 1 1/2 tablespoons
Chana Dal/Kadalai Paruppu/Split Bengal Gram - 2 tablespoons
Toor Dal - 1 1/2 tablespoons
Green Chilli - 2
Red Chilli - 2
Mustard Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Coriander Leaves (chopped) - 1 tablespoon
Salt - to taste
Water - as needed
Gingelly oil - 3 tablespoons

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To begin making the Onion Chutney/Vengaya Chutney - Keep all the ingredients ready.

2. Rough chop the onions and green chilli.

3. To Cook - Heat a tablespoon of gingelly oil, add mustard seeds allow them to splutter.

4. Add urad dal, chana dal and toor dal.

5. Fry until a nice aroma appears.

6. Add both chillies and fry for a few seconds.

7. Transfer to a plate.

8. In the same pan add the remaining oil and chopped onions and curry leaves.

9. Saute for 3-5 minutes. Turn off the flame.

10. Add chopped coriander leaves and tamarind. Mix well.

11. Allow them to cool completely.

12. To Grind - In a mixer grinder, add all the ingredients along with salt and asafoetida and grind to a fine paste adding water gradually.

13. Transfer to a serving bowl.

14. Onion Chutney | Vengaya Chutney is ready.

How to use Onion Chutney?

You can use onion chutney as an accompaniment to any south Indian tiffin items like idli, dosa, kuzhipaniyaram, deep-fried fritters, and other dishes.

PICTORIAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. To begin making the Onion Chutney/Vengaya Chutney - Keep all the ingredients ready.

2. Rough chop the onions and green chilli.

3. To Cook - Heat a tablespoon of gingelly oil, add mustard seeds allow them to splutter.

4. Add urad dal, chana dal and toor dal.

5. Fry until a nice aroma appears.

6. Add both chillies and fry for a few seconds.

7. Transfer to a plate.

8. In the same pan add the remaining oil and chopped onions and curry leaves.

9. Saute for 3-5 minutes. Turn off the flame.

10. Add chopped coriander leaves and tamarind. Mix well.

11. Allow them to cool completely.

12. To Grind - In a mixer grinder, add all the ingredients along with salt and asafoetida and grind to a fine paste adding water gradually.

13. Transfer to a serving bowl.

14. Onion Chutney | Vengaya Chutney is ready.

You can serve this chutney as an accompaniment to any breakfast or tiffin items.

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