Poondu chutney | Garlic chutney recipe for rice, idli, dosa

Garlic chutney is a side dish, prepared by grinding sautéed garlic, gram dal, red chillies and salt. Garlic has many medicinal properties including fighting cancer and heart ailments. This garlic chutney is mild spicy chutney made with garlic, coconut, and red chillies as main ingredients.

Serve Garlic chutney (poondu chutney) as side accompaniment for idli, dosa, and rice. There is another method to make this poondu chutney, which is spicier Andhra version.

Garlic/poondu has lots of Sulphur compounds and hence holds unique strong flavor. This poondu chutney is the best way to include garlic in food. There are studies proven that eating one garlic pod daily helps in removing bad cholesterol.

For other chutney recipes: Coconut Chutney, Bombay Chutney, Mint Chutney

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Poondu chutney | Garlic chutney recipe for rice, idli, dosa

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Poondu chutney is a side dish, prepared by grinding sautéed garlic, gramdal, redchillies and salt. Garlic has many medicinal properties including fighting cancer and heart ailments. This garlic chutney is mild spicy chutney made with garlic, coconut and red chillies as main ingredients.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4

Calories 100 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Ingredients to make Poondu chutney | Garlic chutney recipe for rice, idli, dosa:

• Garlic pods – ½ cup
• Red chilli – 4 to 5
• Coconut – ¼ cup
• Toor dal – 1 tsp
• Gram dal – 1 tsp
• Whole urad dal – 1 tbs
• Hing/Asafoetida – ¼ tsp
• Tamarind – 1 inch piece
• Oil – 1 tbs
• Salt – 1 tsp or as required

Instructions

 

Preparation to make Poondu chutney | Garlic chutney recipe for rice, idli, dosa:

• Peel fresh garlic pods.
• Keep all other ingredients ready.

Recipe to make Garlic chutney | Poondu chutney | Poondu chutney for Idli, dosa:

• Heat oil in a kadai.
• Add toor dal, gram dal and whole urad dal one by one.
• Roast them to light brown color.
• Add garlic and fry them for three mins.
• Add red chillies. Saute for a minute.
• Now add coconut pieces or grated coconut.
• Roast them all together till you get a nice aroma. Careful not to burn dals.
• Switch off and cool the mixture. Add salt and tamarind.
• Grind them all together into a fine paste.
• Temper this chutney if required with a teaspoon of oil, mustard and curry leaves. I did not temper.
• Serve this poondu chutney for idly, dosa and hot rice.

Notes

Tips/notes: 1) Try to use fresh garlic pods to get full strong flavor and taste of poondu chutney. 2) Use gingelly oil for even healthier chutney. 3) Increase red chilli quantity for more spicy level.

Nutrition

Calories: 100kcal

Keyword chutney, garlic, poondu

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Preparation to make Poondu chutney | Garlic chutney recipe for rice, idli, dosa:

• Peel fresh garlic pods.
• Keep all other ingredients ready.

Recipe to make Garlic chutney | Poondu chutney | Poondu chutney for rice, idli, dosa:

• Heat oil in a kadai.
• Add toor dal, gram dal and whole urad dal one by one.

• Roast them to light brown color.
• Add garlic and fry them for three mins.

• Add red chillies. Saute for a minute.
• Now add coconut pieces or grated coconut.

• Roast them all together till you get a nice aroma. Careful not to burn dal.
• Switch off and cool the mixture. Add salt and tamarind.

• Grind them all together into a fine paste.
• Temper this chutney if required with a teaspoon of oil, mustard and curry leaves. I did not temper.
• Serve this poondu chutney for idly, dosa and hot rice.

Tips/notes:

• Try to use fresh garlic pods to get full strong flavor and taste of poondu chutney.
• Use gingelly oil for even healthier chutney.
• Increase red chilli quantity for more spicier version.