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Fried Gram Chutney | Tiffin Center style chutney

Santosh Allada
Learn how to make Tiffin center chutney - a roasted gram and fried peanut based chutney you will love to dunk South Indian breakfast items idli, dosa, uttapam.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Chutney, Side Dish
Cuisine Andhra, Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Roasted Gram dal
  • 1/4 cup Peanuts
  • 3 tbsp Oil
  • 5-7 Green Chilies adjust as per your taste
  • 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
  • lemon size Tamarind soak in 1/4th cup hot water
  • Salt to taste

Tempering

  • 2-3 Garlic crushed
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds rai
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds jeera
  • 1-2 Dry red chilies
  • 1/4 tsp Black Gram split urad dal
  • 1/4 tsp Split Chickpeas chana dal
  • 5-6 Curry leaves
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida hing

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a pan over medium flame. Add peanuts and saute till they have evenly browned. Remove them to a plate and let them cool.
  • Next, add green chilies and saute until chilies are blistered. Note: Be careful as chilies will crack and may splutter.
  • In a blender jar, add fried peanuts, green chilies, putnalu, cumin seeds, and salt to taste.
  • Add tamarind juice and grind to a smooth paste. Remove it to a bowl.
  • Next step is to add the tempering.
  • Heat oil (used to fry peanuts) in a small skillet or pan over medium flame. When hot add crushed garlic, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, and chana dal. Saute till the dal changes color.
  • Next add dry red chilies, curry leaves, and hing. Fry till curry leaves turn crisp.
  • Pour the tempering over the chutney and mix well.
  • Delicious Fried Gram Chutney is ready to relish.

Notes

Use good quality and fresh ingredients.
Adjust the number of green chilies as per your spice levels.
Add little water at a time to grind.