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WHAT DOES KALAVAI MEAN?
The term Kalavai in Tamil refers to a mixture of many ingredients. This chutney is made using many fresh everyday ingredients from the pantry and also as Kara chutney.
We make different versions of this chutney at home. Some includes Dal while some with just tomato and onions.
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Kalavai Chutney
Kalavai refers to mixture of many ingredients that goes into making of this chutney.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Ingredients – to saute
- 1/4 cup fresh grated coconut
- 1 cup onion preferably red onion
- 1/2 cup tomato
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 inch ginger
- 6 each dry red chillies
- 1 each green chilli
- 1/2 marble size Tamarind optional, add only if you prefer it tangy
- 1/4 cup mint leaves packed
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves packed
- 10 each curry leaves
- 1/4 cup water
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
Ingredients – to temper
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
Instructions
Saute and Pulse
- Heat a little oil and saute mint, coriander and curry leaves until lightly crisp and keep this aside to pulse before tempering the chutney.
Saute and Grind
- Heat oil in a pan and start sauteing onion, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, dry red chillies, green chilli along with tiny piece of tamarind and grated coconut until the onion cooks to translucent.
- Let cool this mixture and grind with salt and water to paste like consistency.
- Now just before taking out of the mixer jar, add in the sauteed mint, coriander and curry leaves to this mixture and run the pulse setting in your mixer to just combine it. (do not grind, just pulse)
Temper
- Heat a little oil and season with mustard seeds.
- Add this to the chutney and its all ready to be served.
Instructions
Saute and Pulse
- Heat a little oil and saute mint, coriander and curry leaves until lightly crisp and keep this aside to pulse before tempering the chutney.
Saute and Grind
- Heat oil in a pan and start sauteing onion, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, dry red chillies, green chilli along with tiny piece of tamarind and grated coconut until the onion cooks to translucent.
- Let cool this mixture and grind with salt and water to paste like consistency.
- Now just before taking out of the mixer jar, add in the sauteed mint, coriander and curry leaves to this mixture and run the pulse setting in your mixer to just combine it. (do not grind, just pulse)
Temper
- Heat a little oil and season with mustard seeds.
- Add this to the chutney and its all ready to be served.
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Comments
14 responses to “Kalavai Chutney Recipe – Tamil Nadu Kara Chutney”
Best chutney recipe ever. Especially pulsing the herbs.. outstanding.. thanks much for sharing.
Yaaayyyyyy Kiruthika ❤️
Must try recipe…whenever I browse for tomato chutney recipe I see the usual vathakal and araithal ????I see varieties only in spice india online … weekly once I make this recipe…recommended to my friends as well ??
That’s sweet of you? I never thought this chutney would get this many love.. so many readers of mine tried it too, was very happy to see the feedback I was receiving.. Thank you Bavya? for all your ?? really appreciate!
Hello
Made this chutney fr about three times nw and it’s finger licking good everytime. Thank u so much fr sharing this. I feel almost all tastes are there in this chutney, it’s so versatile. Thks once again
i can relate to that finger licking good as i have made this myself a thousand times! Thank you Sirisha 🙂
this is how my MIL used to make tomato chutney for years. Nice to know many ppl like this version
Thats nice, yes there are several versio of it and each family has its own. We make it this way for variatio we add dals, add more tomatoes for color and the lsit goes onnnnnn. Thanks!
Hi, Tried this chutney for dinner today after seeing your Instagram update. It tasted just wow.
Thank you Preeti???happy to hear?
We tried this chutney and it was yummy.
Thank you Preethi!
Nice chutney recipe.
Even though I am Gujrati I love south Indian food very much.
Thanks Rajesh, do try and let me know how you liked it!