Besan Chutney Recipe (2024)

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    Simple besan chutney or bombay chutney made using gram flour, spices and fresh onions and tomatoes which makes it taste amazing with idli or dosa.

    Besan Chutney Recipe

    This is a really quick side dish for dosa or idli. You can make this in few mins and this will be a change from your usual onion, tomato and coconut chutneys. I loved this recipe so much, i made it twice in a row. I have another version of this recipe which i call my instant sambar or thideer sambar, will share it soon.

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    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    How to Make Bombay Chutney

    • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle.
    • Add in curry leaves and let them sizzle.
    • Add in onions, chilli and tomatoes. Cook that for couple of mins.
    • Now add in turmeric and salt and mix well.
    • Add in gram flour and toast for 2 mins on a low heat.
    • Now add in water and mix well. Bring this to a boil and simmer for few more mins.
    • Now add in salt, sugar, lemon juice and coriander leaves.
    • Serve this with idli or dosa.

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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

    Servings: 4 servings

    Ingredients

    • Oil - 1 tblspn
    • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
    • Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
    • Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
    • Onion - 1 medium size chopped
    • Tomato - 1 medium size chopped
    • Green Chilli - 2 chopped
    • Salt to taste
    • Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
    • Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan - 3 tblspn
    • Water as needed
    • Sugar - ¼ tsp
    • Lemon Juice to taste
    • Coriander Leaves a handful chopped

    Instructions

    • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle.

    • Add in curry leaves and let them sizzle.

    • Add in onions, chilli and tomatoes. Cook that for couple of mins.

    • Now add in turmeric and salt and mix well.

    • Add in gram flour and toast for 2 mins on a low heat.

    • Now add in water and mix well. Bring this to a boil and simmer for few more mins.

    • Now add in salt, sugar, lemon juice and coriander leaves.

    • Serve this with idli or dosa.

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    Bombay Chutney Step by Step

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    heat oil in a pan
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    add mustard and urad dal
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    add in curry leaves
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    onions , green chillies and tomatoes
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    mix well
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    add in salt and turmeric powder
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    mix well
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    add in gram flour
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    toast this for couple mins
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    now the raw smell is gone
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    add water
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    mix well so no lumps are formed
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    bring it to a boil
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    simmer for few more mins
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    add in little sugar
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    some lemon juice
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    and some coriander leaves
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    mix well
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    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    Comments

    1. Sumi

      Very nice pics..well explained

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    2. Anonymous

      Lemon juice mandatory?

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      • Aarthi

        u can skip it. but it adds a nice tart flavour

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    3. Anonymous

      Very nice

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    4. Anonymous

      You can grind whole gram and aombhu together you will get a even better flavour

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    5. Akhila Menon

      Looks yummy... Will surely give it a try..

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    6. Akhila Menon

      Looks yummy... Will surely give it a try..

      Reply

    7. collins

      I tried it . But it tastes little sour .

      Reply

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