Vengaya chutney (onion chutney)

This Onion Chutney can also be used as a side dish for Idlis and Dosas.

Ingredients:

1. Urad dal 1 table spoon
2. Onions 2
3. red chillies 2
4. tamarind very little (if paste use 1/4 t spoon)
5. salt to taste (1/2 t spoon)
6. a small bit of jaggery (vellam) (optional)
   

Method:
fry the dal and red chillies together till the dal turns brown in a frying pan and keep aside.
Cut the onions into small pieces and fry till light brown.
grind the fried dal, fried onion, tamarind and salt into a paste. (chutney)
Onion chutney is ready

Variation:
Instead of Tamarind tomatoes can be added and made into a chutney. In the above recipe after the onions are fried and kept away, cut one tomato and fry in the frying pan for few minutes .
grind the onion, tomato, dal all fried separately and salt together and the chutney is ready.