Recipe- No Cook Pottukadalai Chutney

Pottukadalai chutney recipe with step by step pictures and video. This is one of the easiest chutney recipes I have tried so far.

Fried gram dal or Pottukadalai as we call in tamil is used in many dishes. We use it for chutney, kurma, binding base for vadai, ladoo, thickening agent for kuzhambu varieties etc. I always add little of this dal to coconut chutney.Except the tempering this chutney is a no cook chutney. The chutney tastes just like the ones we get as side dish for bajji, bonda in roadsideshops and railway stations. I adapted this chutney recipe from a tv that I saw a while back.

Ingredients

To Grind

1/2 cup pottukadalai (fried gram dal)
2 no small green chillies
4 small garlic pearls
1/2 inch ginger piece
1 tbsp coconut
1/4 tsp tamarind
salt to taste
water as needed

To Temper

2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp split urad dal
few curry leaves

Method

* To a mixer jar - add all the ingredients listed under 'to grind'.

* Add around 1/2 cup water to it.

* Grind it to a smooth paste.

* Rinse mixer jar with water and add to it.

* Mix it well. The consistency is a bit runny. Adjust according to your preference. Set aside.

* To a tadka pan - heat oil add the items listed under 'to temper' let it splutter.

* Next add this tadka to chutney.

* Mix well. Pottukadalai chutney ready!

* Serve with oothapam, idli, dosa.