This chutney is a special treat from Kongunadu. Normally Horse gram recipes are prepared to treat Cold at my places. This goes good with white rice.
Kollu Paruppu Chutney / Horse gram Chutney
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Author: Sashi
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- Curry Leaves - 1 strand
- Salt - to taste
To Pressure Cook:
- Horse gram/ Kollu - ½ cup
- Turmeric - ½ tsp
- Tomato - 1
- Oil - ½ tsp
To fry :
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Coriander Seeds - 2 tsp
- Red Chili - 2
- Cumin - ½ tsp
- Big Onion - ½ no or Shallots - 6-8 nos
- Garlic - 4 nos
- Pepper - 4 nos
Instructions
PREP:
- Chop the onion.
COOKING:
- Fry the items listed under "To fry" section for 3 min in the given order. The onion should have the little raw smell to give the authentic touch.
- Pressure cook horse gram/ kollu, turmeric, tomato and oil - ½ tsp with 2 cups of water for 2 whistles and in low flame for 5 min. When the pressure is released filter the water. Use the water while grinding chutney or it can be used to make Rasam.
- Grind the pressure cooked and the fried items with salt and curry leaves to fine thick paste. Add less water while you grind.
Notes
Serve with white rice.
(*) Recipe from my Mom’s Kitchen.
at 6:45 PM
Hi, i live in London. For some reasons, i desperately wanted kollu chutney today. Followed your recipe even without koththamalli . Turned out fantastic. Reminded my grandma’s tasty cooking. Thank you . By the way,i am originally from Namakkal.
at 12:49 AM
Hey Sashi..Hope you are doing gud..Ur recipes give a ‘feel at home’ touch..great going..
One small tip for Kollu Chutney..
While grinding the kollu paruppu, if you add a few raw onions and fresh curry leaves, it would give a nice flavour and the authentic touch. Also, for this recipe, ‘chinna vengayam’ works better than the ‘periya vengayam’
at 12:56 AM
one more thing, when using chinna vengayam, you need not chop it. You can use the whole onion by just cutting the two ends..
at 1:33 AM
Wow,thats yummy Sashi! This is my 2nd visit to your website and coming here makes me feel at home :)
Really good job on your idea of “authentic recipes”! Will keep checking for more. Take care!
at 12:00 PM
Thanks Ragu for ur encouraging and kind words.
at 6:53 PM
I got accidentally introduced to your blog by a friend. I am from Erode too. I was craving for some kollu chutney sitting in Italy. This is simply captivating and absolute delight, though i cannot make it :( Good job. Keep going!