Besan Chutney Recipe (2024)

Published: Mar 7, 2022 | Last Updated On: Mar 7, 2022 by Aarthi

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Simple besan chutney or bombay chutney made using gram flour, spices and fresh onions and tomatoes which makes it taste amazing with idli or dosa.

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2.Bombay Chutney Recipe | How to Make Besan Chutney

3.Bombay Chutney Step by Step

Besan Chutney Recipe

This is a really quick side dish for dosa or idli. You can make this in few mins and this will be a change from your usual onion, tomato and coconut chutneys. I loved this recipe so much, i made it twice in a row. I have another version of this recipe which i call my instant sambar or thideer sambar, will share it soon.

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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

How to Make Bombay Chutney

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle.
Add in curry leaves and let them sizzle.
Add in onions, chilli and tomatoes. Cook that for couple of mins.
Now add in turmeric and salt and mix well.
Add in gram flour and toast for 2 mins on a low heat.
Now add in water and mix well. Bring this to a boil and simmer for few more mins.
Now add in salt, sugar, lemon juice and coriander leaves.
Serve this with idli or dosa.

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Bombay Chutney Recipe | How to Make Besan Chutney

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

▢ Oil - 1 tblspn
▢ Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
▢ Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
▢ Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
▢ Onion - 1 medium size chopped
▢ Tomato - 1 medium size chopped
▢ Green Chilli - 2 chopped
▢ Salt to taste
▢ Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
▢ Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan - 3 tblspn
▢ Water as needed
▢ Sugar - ¼ tsp
▢ Lemon Juice to taste
▢ Coriander Leaves a handful chopped

Instructions

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Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle.
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Add in curry leaves and let them sizzle.
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Add in onions, chilli and tomatoes. Cook that for couple of mins.
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Now add in turmeric and salt and mix well.
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Add in gram flour and toast for 2 mins on a low heat.
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Now add in water and mix well. Bring this to a boil and simmer for few more mins.
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Now add in salt, sugar, lemon juice and coriander leaves.
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Serve this with idli or dosa.

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Bombay Chutney Step by Step

heat oil in a pan

add mustard and urad dal

add in curry leaves

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Sumi
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Very nice pics..well explained
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Anonymous
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Lemon juice mandatory?
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- Aarthi
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  u can skip it. but it adds a nice tart flavour
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Anonymous
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Very nice
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Anonymous
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You can grind whole gram and aombhu together you will get a even better flavour
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Akhila Menon
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Looks yummy... Will surely give it a try..
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Akhila Menon
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Looks yummy... Will surely give it a try..
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collins
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I tried it . But it tastes little sour .
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