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Coconut Chutney Recipe




Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp grated coconut
• 2 tsp roasted Chana dal (Pottu kadalai/Dalia)
• 1 inch piece ginger peeled and chopped
• few coriander leaves chopped
• 4 green chillies chopped
• Mustard seeds
• Urad Dal
• 1/2 tsp Asafoetida/Hing
• few curry leaves
• 1 red chilli broken into bits
• Oil
• salt to taste

Method:
• Grind the coconut, roasted gram, green chillies, coriander leaves and ginger to a fine paste using a little water. Pour the paste / chutney into a bowl and adjust the consistency using suitable amount of water.
• Heat the oil in a pan on medium level for about 2 minutes till it is hot enough. Add the mustard seeds. Let them splutter and then add the black gram, red chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida powder. Fry briefly till the gram turns red and pour it on the chutney.
• Add salt to the chutney.
• Serve them with Idli, Dosa, Upma, Rava Dosa, Pesarattu, Paniyaram, Pongal