Street style red chutney recipe | Roadside tomato chutney recipe | South Indian street style kara chutney for idli, dosa with step by step pictures and video. This roadside idli shop kara chutney is an easy and simple street style red chutney recipe which we call as Kai endhi bhavan kara chutney in Tamil colloquially. Its so easy to make and tastes delicious. This is a crowd pleaser chutney recipe. You can serve for guest, parties and gatherings as the yield is more.
Roadside chutneys are often made with a watery consistency, making them budget-friendly and ideal for serving large crowds. But honestly, that’s what makes them so good! There’s nothing like dunking a couple of hot idlis into a big pool of chutney and just enjoying it. In Bangalore and pretty much all over Karnataka, even popular hotels serve that classic watery white coconut chutney and the spicy red kara chutney.
Personally, I’ve always loved the taste of chutneys from small roadside hotels and idli shops way more than the ones served in fancy restaurants. There’s just something about that street-style flavor that hits different. So I’m always trying out different versions of these chutneys I come across online — whether it’s from Google or some random YouTube video. It’s kind of a fun obsession at this point!
One such recipe is this roadside hotel style kara chutney recipe without using coconut. Tomato, onion, garlic, red chilli and salt are the major ingredients of this kara chutney recipe. Idli batter is used as a thickening agent. Some people add besan flour or roasted gram flour (pottukadalai maavu) instead of dosa batter. But I feel the addition of idli dosa batter is enough to give a mild thicker consistency to serve with idli, dosa. If you are looking for red chutney recipe without tomato, do check out my Kerala style red coconut chutney. You will love it.
Ok friends, do try this easy, street style red chutney recipe / Road side Kara chutney and enjoy with idli, dosa. Don’t forget to watch the video below.
Roadside Tomato chutney | Street Style Red chutney recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Tomato
- 1 Big onion Use 2 big onion If you skip shallots
- 10 Small onion / Shallots
- 2 to 3 Red chilli For Spice taste
- 2 Byadgi red chilli / Kashmiri chilli For bright red color
- 5 Cloves Garlic
- 1 tbsp Idli, dosa batter
- Salt As needed
- Water As needed
To Temper
- 1 tbsp Sesame oil OR Cooking oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- ¼ tsp Asafetida / Hing
- 1 strip Curry leaves
Instructions
- In an Indian mixer jar, take the chopped onion, shallots, garlic cloves, red chilli, chopped tomato, salt & water. Grind smooth and set aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and hing.
- Add ground chutney and mix well till oil starts releasing. Add 1/2 cup water and roll boil for few minutes till raw smell goes away completely.
- Take dosa batter in a small bowl and add little water to dilute it. Add to the boiling chutney and mix well.
- Boil for few minutes till it becomes slightly thick. Switch off the flame and serve hot with idli, dosa.
Notes
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Roadside Tomato chutney recipe – Step by Step Pictures
In a mixie jar, take 1 chopped big onion, 10 shallots, 5 garlic cloves, 2 byadgi chilli, 2 Guntur chilli, 3 ripe tomato chopped along with salt and water.
Grind everything to a smooth paste. Set aside.
Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp Urad dal, 1/4 tsp Hing, Few curry leaves. Add the ground tomato chutney and mix well.
Boil till raw smell leaves off and oil slightly floats on top. Now add 1/2 cup of water and boil for few minutes.
Take 1 tbsp of Idli dosa batter in a small bowl. Add little water and dilute it. Add it to the boiling chutney and mix well. Boil till becomes thick and switch off the flame.
You can adjust the consistency of chutney as per your taste. Serve hot with Idli, dosa. Enjoy !
Try this easy, roadside hotel style red chutney / kara chutney recipe. You will love it with hot idli drizzled with sesame oil or ghee.
