Easy onion chutney

Nowadays we try to eat more low calorie foods and coconut is one of the items we are reducing in our diet. Whenever we have idli / dosa, we are used to having coconut chutney, but now I was wanting to go with an alternative( My relatives back home say its all rubbish, they had coconut everyday and they are healthy and live to 90... hmm there is something wrong in the big cities). Anyways, I made the onion chutney inplace of coconut chutney and it went very well with the kuzhi paniyaram(Recipe for Kuzhi paniyaram some other time).

What I used

Onion - 1 medium coarsely chopped

Tomato - 1 medium coarsely chopped

Coconut - 1 Tbsp grated

Urad dal - 1/2 Tbsp

Channa dala - 1/2 Tbsp

Oil - 2 tsp

Red chilli - 2

Garlic - 1 clove

For Tempering

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Curry leaf - few

How:

- Heat the oil in a pan and add urad dal and channa dal. As it turns golden add the red chilli, garlic, onion and saute for 3-4 minutes till the onion turns translucent. Then add the tomatoes and salt for taste.

Cook for 3 more minutes and then turn off the gas. Once the mixture cools down, transfer it to a electric mixer and grind it into a smooth paste along with the coconut.

Heat 1tsp oil and add mustard. Once mustard splutters, turn off the gas and add curry leaf and add the tempering to the chutney.

Suggestion : If you want to leave out the coconut totally, add 1 Tbsp of urad dal in place of 1/2 Tbsp.