COCONUT CHUTNEY

I bet you would have tasted, heard or seen this chutney for at least a few thousand times in your lifetime. I am not exaggerating here. This is probably the most famous of all chutneys. Coconut Chutney is very popular in South Indian cooking and it is the perfect accompaniment or side dish to lots of typical dishes like idli, dosa, uttapams. It can also be used as a spread for making sandwich. We can serve it with the evening snacks like pakora, vada and sandwiches and even goes well with plain rice.  Coconut chutney is a basic condiment made by blending fresh coconut with green chillies, cumin seeds, ginger and salt and then tempered with little oil, mustard seeds, red or green chilli, asafoetida and curry leaves. Always use fresh coconut for making this chutney. I have used frozen coconut for making my batch of chutney. Thaw it in fridge and then used. The sweet and juicy flavours of the coconut in this chutney take it to another level. Enjoy this wonderful recipe here and do share your feedbacks.

INGREDIENTS:

For Making Chutney:

1 Cup Fresh Coconut

1/4 Cup roasted Peanuts

1/4 Cup roasted Chana dal 

1-2 Green Chillies

½ “Ginger Piece

3-4 Garlic Cloves

1/4 Cup Coriander Leaves 

1 teaspoon Sugar 

Salt as needed

For Tempering:

1 tablespoon Oil

½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds

¼ teaspoon Asafoetida

1 sprig Curry Leaves

1-2 Dry Red Chillies

METHOD:

STEP 1 - Add all ingredients for making chutney in mixer pot.

STEP 2 - Add 1-2 tablespoon water, close the lid and blend to make a fine paste.

STEP 2 – Transfer into another bowl and keep aside. Add water to make your liking consistency.

STEP 3 – Heat oil in small tempering pan.

STEP 4 – Crackle mustard seeds and then add,  red chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves and roast for a minute.

STEP 5 – Pour this tempering in the chutney and mix well.

STEP 6 - Chutney is ready to serve.

Serve the chutney with idli, dosa, appe or upma.

NOTES: * Use fresh coconut for more juicy and flavoured chutney. Fresh coconut gives the best taste to this chutney.

*If you are using frozen coconut for making this chutney, thaw it first until it comes to room temperature.

 *Adjust the consistency of chutney according to your liking.

* Adjust green chillies as per your taste.

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