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Green Coconut Chutney Recipe

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time2 minutes
Total Time12 minutes
Author: Sumana

Ingredients

  • Grated coconut- 1/2 cup
  • Roasted Bengal gram- 6 tsp
  • Green chillies- 2 no.
  • Salt- 3/4 tsp
  • Ginger- 1" piece
  • Onion- 1 small
  • Tamarind- Marble sized
  • Curry leaves- few
  • Coriander leaves- 2 hands ful
  • Asafoetida paste- chickpea sized

Seasoning ingredients

  • Cooking oil- 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
  • Curry leaves- few

Instructions

Method

  • Throw in all the ingredients in to mixer grinder and grind them coarsely adding water as required.
  • Heat a seasoning pan adding oil, mustard seeds and curry leaves. As the mustard seeds pop, transfer the seasoning to green chutney.
  • Green chutney is ready. Serve it as side dish with dosa, idli, Guliappa or onion pakoda.

Notes

  • As per individual preferences you can adjust consistency and spiciness adding water/green chillies.
  • Amount of coriander leaves included in the chutney is the key to get bright green color. Roasting these leaves also help to obtain good color.
  • For ease of grinding, you can soak tamarind in little water and include it along with water.
  • You can add few mint (pudina) leaves to enhance the flavor.