Karnataka Style Ranjaka Recipe (Red Chili Chutney Recipe)

Spicy chutney made from red chillies tempered with mustard oil, mustard seeds and curry leaves.

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Karnataka Style Ranjaka Recipe (Red Chili Chutney Recipe)
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Karnataka Style Ranjaka Recipe (Red Chili Chutney Recipe) is a spicy red chutney that has ground red chiles tempered with mustard oil and crackled mustard seeds and curry leaves. The chutney is famous among the locals in Northern Karnataka.

Serve the Karnataka Style Ranjaka Recipe with Tawa paratha, Yellow Pumpkin Dal Recipe and palya by the side. 

If you are looking for more chutney recipes here are some:

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  2. Tomato Onion Chutney | Thakkali Vengayam Chutney
  3. Tomato Onion Chutney | Thakkali Vengayam Chutney

Cuisine: Karnataka
Course: Side Dish
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

5 M

Cooks in

20 M

Total in

25 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 10 Dry Red Chillies
  • 1 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)
  • 1 Lemon juice
  • To temper
  • 1 tablespoon Mustard oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)

How to make Karnataka Style Ranjaka Recipe (Red Chili Chutney Recipe)

  1. To begin preparing the Ranjaka Recipe, boil the dry red chillies with 1 cup water for about 20minutes till the chillies become soft.

  2. Add the chilies with fenugreek seeds and lemon juice into a grinder and grind it into a coarse paste.

  3. To temper, heat a small kadai with oil and add the mustard seeds and leave it crackle. Add the curry leaves and allow it splutter and pour this over the chutney and serve. 

  4. Serve the Karnataka Style Ranjaka Recipe with Tawa parathaYellow Pumpkin Dal Recipe and palya by the side.