Carrot Chutney
Carrot Chutney is a tasty, creamy side dish made by grinding grated carrots with spices & onions. Carrot Chutney is a healthy & nice choice of side dish for idli, dosa and uttapam. Carrot Chutney will be liked by people who do not even like carrot curry.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 4 small carrot comes to 2 cups after grating
- 8 small onion
- 2 dry red chilli
- 1 tablespoon chana dal
- 1 teaspoon tamarind
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- salt to taste
TO TEMPER:
- 1.5 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon urad dal
- a sprig curry leaves
- 1/8 teaspoon hing
Instructions
- Wash carrots, peel off the skin and trim the edges. Then grate it using a grater.
- Add a teaspoon of oil and sauté the grated carrots until raw smell leaves, but that time it will shrink in volume. Set aside.
- Heat a teaspoon of oil and add chana dal, red chillies, tamarind and small onion and sauté till golden brown.
- Transfer all the ingredients to a mixer, and grind it along with salt, ginger and required water.
- Then heat a tadka pan – add the ingredients listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter then add the tadka to the chutney mix well.
- Serve Carrot Chutney with hot idli / dosa …yum combo!
Notes
- You can add 2 tablespoon coconut too while grinding.
- You can replace big onion with small onion too.
- Adjust red chillies according to your spice level but as carrot is added, 3 was enough to compensate the sweetness.
Nutrition Facts
Carrot Chutney
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 167
Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Sodium 2028mg88%
Potassium 601mg17%
Carbohydrates 31g10%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 12g13%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 20631IU413%
Vitamin C 76mg92%
Calcium 101mg10%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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