Yerragaddala Karam

I am sharing yummy yummy yerragaddala karam or onion chutney with you my dear friends. This can be eaten with idly or dosas. If you get bored with putna or palli chutney you can happily go for this delicious yerragaddala karam famous mostly in Rayialaseema region. More over onion has health benifits and anti-septic and anti-bactrial properties. Onion helps to reduce blood pressure too. You can try yourself  and taste this.

Ingredients

• Onion                     1/4 kg(chopped)
• Red chilli powder    3 tbsp
• Jaggery powder      1 tbsp
• Garlic flakes            2
• Tamarind  pulp        1/2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

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• Mustard seeds           1/4 tbsp
• Curry leaves    
• Oil                              3 tbsp

How to prepare

1. Put all the ingredients like chopped onion, red chilli powder, jaggery powder, garlic flakes, tamarind pulp and salt in the mixer and grind it coarsely.
2. Don't add water as onion releases enough water for the chutney.
3. Then take little depth pan, add oil, after it gets heated add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Let it crackle. 
4. Then add grinded karam and roast it for 5 minutes till raw smell of onion disappears.

You can store it for 10 days. Serve this with idly and dosa with a drop of ghee.

You can prepare karam dosas with this. To make this, spread dosa batter on a pan, roast it both the sides, then spread this yerragaddla karam to it and fold the dosa. Add a drop of ghee and roast it for 1 more minute and serve hot hot karam dosa.

My notes:
Instead of tamarind you can add tomato pulp also.