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Onion Chutney-Vengaya Chutney Recipe (for idli,dosa)

January 24, 2013 by PadhuSankar 37 Comments

Onion chutney is a great accompaniment to idli, dosa, upma and even appams. It is very common in all South Indian homes. I make this onion chutney for dosas and idlis once in a week. I love this chutney even as a spread for sandwich.Though I have used pearl onions, you can use big onions also to prepare this chutney. 

Onion Chutney
Onion chutney for dosa and idli 

How to make onion chutney for dosa and idli

Prep time – under 15 mins
Cook time- under 15 mins
Serves -2

Ingredients needed 

Pearl onions/shallots -1 cup peeled
Red chillies – 4 (or as required)
Tamarind – small piece or 1/4 tsp tamarind paste
Oil – 1 tbsp
Salt as required

For the seasoning 

Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Urad dal – 2 tsp

Top up seasoning

Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – few

Method 

Heat a tbsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal and red chillies. Saute until dal turns light brown. Remove from oil. (in case if red chillies turn dark sooner, remove the chillies from oil first)

In the same oil, add pearl onions and saute until it turns pink. Switch off the flame, add the tamarind piece and saute in the heat of the pan itself for 2-3 seconds.

vengaya chutney

Leave it to cool. Then grind everything together to a smooth paste adding salt and a tbsp of water.

Onion chutney for dosa

Remove from the blender, heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, when mustard splutters, pour the seasoning over the chutney.

Note – Though you can use big onions, this chutney tastes great with pearl onions/shallots.

Variations – You can add a few curry leaves and a clove of garlic while frying the onions if preferred.

I will share with you few tips on  How to peel pearl onions easily –

1.Cut both the ends and soak them in just enough water for 2-3 hours. You can easily remove the skin after that.

2. Put them in boiling water for 2 minutes. Then drain the water and pour cold water on top of it to stop the cooking process. Cut the root end and squeeze. The onions will pop out of its skin.

Though I love this chutney very much, my kid’s always want my tomato chutney with garlic or instant tomato chutney or onion tomato chutney for idli and dosa.

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Comments

  1. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

    January 24, 2013 at 7:54 am

    lovely one 🙂 But i am wondering the color of your first picture? is it the color of the final outcome ? i never get this color only when i add tomato i get this color !

    Reply
  2. Coral Crue

    January 24, 2013 at 7:56 am

    just what i needed 🙂

    Reply
  3. WeR SAHM

    January 24, 2013 at 8:27 am

    Yummy n all time favorite chutney…

    Reply
  4. WeR SAHM

    January 24, 2013 at 8:28 am

    And yes great tip on how to peel the onions…

    Reply
  5. Rani Acharyulu

    January 24, 2013 at 8:41 am

    Delicious onion chutney love it.

    Reply
  6. Silence Sings

    January 24, 2013 at 11:26 am

    Bookmarked….loved it….

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  7. Leena

    January 24, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Love the color of chutney..looks very tsngy n spicy..bookmarking..)

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  8. Srimathi

    January 24, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    Looks delicious. Wow small onions chutney looks delicious. I dont like pealing the onions, but I do it once in a while for my daughter.

    Reply
  9. S.Menaga

    January 24, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    Love the spicy chutney,looks tempting!!

    Reply
  10. divya

    January 24, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    So Yummy and so tasty

    Reply
  11. Priya

    January 24, 2013 at 9:03 pm

    Such a flavourful and beautiful chutney.

    Reply
  12. GEETHA ACHAL

    January 25, 2013 at 2:50 am

    Yummy chutney goes good with hot idlies…

    Reply
  13. Arthy Suman

    January 25, 2013 at 3:30 am

    My all time favourite…I can have this all day for idli or dosa…

    Reply
  14. Rajeshwari Shanmugham

    January 25, 2013 at 5:48 am

    Hi padhu, actually coming sunday is my daughter birthday. i am planning to invite 15 people. i don't know what to prepare. please give me some idea please. if possible recipes please…

    Reply
  15. PadhuSankar

    January 25, 2013 at 7:17 am

    Dear Aparna
    The color of the chutney is the same as in the picture.Follow the same method and you will get the same color.

    Dear Rajeshwari -Could you please drop a mail to [email protected]
    I will reply in detail

    Reply
  16. Shella

    January 31, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    Hey love the chutney. The colour is so inviting and honestly I think it would be lovely to dip in some soft idly and dig in!

    Reply
  17. Srividhya s

    July 25, 2013 at 1:00 am

    Can I prepare this chutney with white onions??

    Reply
  18. yawanika

    October 11, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    Just made this chutney with big red onions and have only one word for you…………………AMAZING!!!!

    Reply
  19. reshma

    December 18, 2013 at 5:13 am

    loved it 🙂

    Reply
  20. MLM

    May 8, 2014 at 10:48 am

    Very practical and easy to follow recipes-Well done and thank you. I live in Holland and have never made Dosai until now. So, thank you again.

    Reply
  21. suji

    November 7, 2014 at 3:26 am

    Hi padhu, I have never made onion chutney with pearl onions. Even my husband had a weird feeling when I saw your recipe and started making chutney with pearl onions. But contradictly he simply loved it and wants chutney to b made in pearl onions from now on. Thanks a lot for the wonderful recipes. I have tried your frenvh fries recipe and it turned out well too.. Great going 🙂

    Reply
  22. mahalakshmi palani

    June 19, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    In case of emergency, how many big onions can v use Padhu?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 21, 2015 at 7:20 am

      Around 3 medium sized onions but I suggest pearl onions for this chutney.

      Reply
  23. Banumathy Sivakumar

    February 2, 2016 at 11:25 am

    if you add bedige red chillies instead of normal red chillies, it will give the colour.

    Reply
  24. Harini Rinu

    February 4, 2016 at 2:40 am

    Hi. My chutney turns bitter. Any idea what is the reason for it

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 5, 2016 at 8:05 am

      You might have burnt the onions slightly.

      Reply
  25. Harini Rinu

    February 5, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    Padhu. Am sure I did not burn. I added onion, red chilli, urad dhal, tamarind and few cashews.asfoetida and salt . I don't know why it's happening like that it's been 3 rd time . The first time I did the chutney it came out well. But then it's becoming bitter

    Reply
  26. varna

    August 23, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    Yummy recepie !

    Reply
  27. Piscean

    September 27, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    Just as harini, my chutney turned too turned bitter. I guess we need to change the oil or use onions from a different vendor!

    Reply
  28. raja

    October 2, 2016 at 4:12 am

    Hi,
    I followed the same process , except that I used big onions. The taste was not good. It was so bitter. ��

    Reply
  29. Roshni DSouza

    November 19, 2016 at 10:53 am

    I tried this chutney and it turned out nice.My mom liked it too. Thanks for this easy and quick onion chutney. Saves a lot of time and goes well with dosas.

    Reply
  30. Chithra

    January 8, 2017 at 6:49 am

    I tried out this chutney with big onions.. But the taste was so bitter.. I don't know what went wrong in the process.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 8, 2017 at 8:28 am

      Maybe you over fried it or burnt it slightly.

      Reply
    • Silent Lucidity

      May 27, 2017 at 12:45 pm

      over fried , or probably added more curry leafs

      Reply
    • jai

      September 24, 2017 at 12:35 am

      tried today. super taste.

      Reply
  31. Harini Krishnan

    October 22, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    I loved the different methods to peel pearl onions! Tried them too! Thanks!

    Reply
  32. Sheeba rose

    February 9, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    Tried this recipe tonight was very useful receipe

    Reply

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