Carrot Chutney is very simple, easy to make and very healthy. It is prepared with grated carrots. It tastes very delicious and goes very well with idli, dosa, adai, pesarattu, paratha, rotis, appam, upma, paniyaram etc. You can use this chutney even as a sandwich spread. I had it with millet vegetable rice (recipe coming soon). Today we will learn how to make carrot chutney following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Carrot Chutney without Coconut
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 15 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Oil – 1 1/2 – 2 tbsp
Carrots – 1 cup grated firmly packed or 3 medium carrots
Pearl Onions – 8-10
Garlic – 4 cloves
Green Chillies – 2-3
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Tamarind – a small piece or 1/4 tsp paste
Salt needed
For the seasoning
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – a sprig
Preparation
Keep all the ingredients ready as it saves a lot of time and mess.
Wash, peel the skin and grate carrots. Peel the skin of ginger and chop it. Keep it aside. Peel pearl onions and cut it into half, if it is big.
Method
Heat oil in a pan, add onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli and saute until the rawness of the onion goes and it turns pink.
Add grated carrot, salt needed and saute for a few minutes.
Then add tamarind and saute until the carrots are well cooked, stirring from time to time. If required you may add 1-2 tbsp of water. Avoid adding too much water.
Once the carrots are soft, switch off the heat and leave it to cool.
Then grind it to a slightly coarse paste (not too smooth) with little water. Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal and curry leaves. When dal turns golden brown, pour the seasoning over the chutney. Mix well and enjoy!
Note – You can substitute pearl onion with 1 big onion but pearl onions adds more taste to the chutney.
The carrots should be sauteed well in oil as we do not want a sweet chutney. Avoid adding too much water to cook carrots. It should be sauteed well in oil for best results.
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Hi, this chutney is really yummy, Jazaak Allahu khairan.
Hi padhu shankar.All your recipes are too Good .Thank you so much.
carrot chutney is very nice. love it.
Hi Padhu, do you usually use refined oil for making all the chutneys and other recipes? Can you please tell me when do you use sesame oil? Thank you
I stopped using refined oil for cooking. Only for deep frying which I rarely do, I use refined oil.
I use cold pressed sesame seed oil, peanut oil and coconut oil for cooking. I alternate between the oils.
Yummy Chutney…..thanks Padhu