Easy Walnut Chutney Recipe - Side dish For Idli,Dosa

Nowadays I started to look for some healthy chutney recipes other than my usual coconut chutney & onion,tomato chutney recipes.Recently I came across this walnut chutney recipe in a facebook page.Its recipe was very similar to my hotel style thick coconut chutney recipe.So this morning I tried it for our breakfast as a side dish for Samai idli/Little millet idli( Recipe yet to come).After having this chutney,Sendhil told its taste is very similar to peanut chutney.Its an easy to make,South Indian style chutney using less coconut.You can make it without coconut too.It was tasting good with Samai Idli & Dosa as well.If you don’t have walnuts in hand,you can prepare this chutney with Almonds/Badam or just with the skin of almonds.ie badam peel.It will come out well.Refer notes section for more variations.Lets see how to make Indian style,healthy walnut chutney recipe in detail !Check out my 40+ Chutney varieties HERE

Walnut chutney recipe

Easy and healthy side dish for idli,dosa - Walnut chutney

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Chutney Recipe

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 10 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 200ml Walnut kernels - 1/2 cup Grated coconut - 3 tbsp ( optional) Fried gram dal/Pottukadalai - 1 tbsp Green chilli –2-3 nos (use 4 for more spicy taste) Garlic cloves - 5 small ( OR) Ginger - 1 inch piece Salt & water - as needed Tamarind - a pinch (optional) To temper Cooking oil - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1 tsp Curry leaves - few

METHOD

Take all the ingredients given under “to grind”.First grind everything to a thick paste without adding water. Then add water little by little and grind to a smooth paste.Transfer the chutney to a bowl.Temper mustard seeds,urad dal & curry leaves.Mix with chutney.Enjoy with hot idli & dosa !

Note For variations u can skip garlic cloves and add 1 inch ginger piece. You can add 2 small onions along with garlic cloves. Skip coconut if you don’t want to use it.But fried gram dal is used for binding.So don’t skip it. You can try using red chillies instead of green chillies. Add more green chillies for spicy chutney. You can temper one pinched red chilli along with other seasoning ingredients.

Easy,healthy Walnut chutney – Tastes the best with hot idli & dosa !!

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