Me and my husband are crazy for South Indian cuisine. We can literally have it 3 times a day, 7 days a week and not get bored of it. For this love of ours, I keep trying new recipes every now and then to explore this cuisine more and more.
Sharing one such chutney/dip which goes with many of the South Indian delicacies like dosa, upma, idli, vada. This is a spicy, tangy chutney with base ingredient as red bell pepper inspired from a blog I regularly follow – VegRecipesOfIndia. So let’s see how this can be prepared.
Red Dosa Chutney/Bell Pepper Dip
This is a tangy South Indian dip that can be accompanied with any starter.
For Base Chutney
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp chana dal (Split yellow bengal gram)
- 1 tsp urad dal (Split peeled black gram)
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 dry whole red chilli
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- Few curry leaves
- 1 big red bell pepper roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- 1/2 tsp tamarind
- Water as required
- Salt as per taste
For Tempering
Ingredients
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Few curry leaves
Method
Directions
- Heat oil in a pan and add urad daal and chana daal. Fry till golden brown.
- Add sesame seeds and saute till they start to crackle. Now add asafoetida, curry leaves and while dry chilli.
- Add chopped bell pepper and salt. Cook on medium flame for 5-6 minutes until cooked.
- Now add coconut and tamarind. Give a stir and switch off the flame.
- Once cooled, blend this in a blender with little water to form a smooth paste. Remove in a bowl.
- For tempering, heat oil and mustard seeds and curry leaves to it.
- Add the tempering over the prepared paste and the chutney is ready.
Notes – You can add roasted peanuts and/or 1/2 tsp sugar for added flavor
We would love you to try this out and share your reviews!
Love,
A | XOXO
Hey ! It tasted great – thanks for sharing !
Glad you liked it! 🙂
Super excited to try this with my mom this season! Thanks for sharing.
Your welcome!
We hope you like it! 😊
This looks amazing! I need to give it a try. I’ve never heard of asafoetida before.
Asafoetida is mostly used in Indian cooking and is a healthy spice..you might want to search for it!
Also known as ‘hing’, it has many health benefits 😊
I have bookmarked this recipe. Thanks for sharing it, I have been looking for this since ages!
Hope you like it Judy!
Can’t wait to try this!
We hope you like it! 😊
Mmm this looks amazing, the colour is so vibrant!
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It tastes good too, thanks! 😊