Bombay chutney (Besan chutney)

This chutney goes good for dosa and chapathi

Ingredients required

To temper

• 3 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp rai or mustard seeds
• few curry leaves
• 3-4 slit green chillies

Other ingredients

• 1/2 cup of finely chopped onions
• 1/2 cup of finely chopped tomatos
• 1 tsp  ginger-garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp haldi
• 1/4 cup besan/kadalai maavu
• One cup water
• Salt, to taste

Method

In a kadaai, add ingredients for temper one by one.  Add onions and slit green chillies.

Cook till onions turn soft or transculent, add ginger-garlic paste.  This is followed by adding tomatos

Add haldi/turmeric.  Add besan and quickly add one cup water and stirr in to dissolve besan without forming any lumps

Stir in and cook in simmer flame for 5-10 minutes.  Add salt to taste.  Serve garnished with coriander leaves

This goes great with dosa.  You can also powder putane ki dal (pottukadalai) instead for using besan.