COCONUT CORIANDER CHUTNEY

💚🤍Chutney is a quintessential to be served as an accompaniment, today it's coriander 🥥 coconut chutney paired with Idlis.💚🤍

Ingredients:

· Freshly grated coconut – 1 cup

· Oil – 1 tsp

· Green chilies – 4-5 (roughly chopped) Adjust as per your preference

· Udid dal – 1 tsp

· Roasted chana dal - 1 tbsp

· Asafoetida (Hing) – ¼ tsp

· Tamarind – 2 small pieces (adjust according to the chilies)

· Corainder leaves - handful

· Salt

· Water

For Tempering the chutney (Optional)

· Oil/Coconut oil – 1.5 tsp

· Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

· Red chillies – 1-2 (roughly broken)

· Asafoetida (Hing) – ¼ tsp

· Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Method:

· Heat a pan with little oil in it, add green chillies, asafoetida and udid dal. Fry till it turns slightly brown in colour. Keep the flame on medium heat and add roasted chana dal.

· Now add the grated coconut and fry for 1-2 minutes.

· Once cooled add the above mixture in the mixer jar along with tamarind pieces and salt. Add coriander leaves.

· Grind with little water. Don’t make a fine paste, grind it a little coarse.

· Now pour the chutney in a serving bowl.

· Take a tadka pan with little oil in it, add mustard seeds and broken red chillies, let the seeds crackle. Add asafoetida and curry leaves, sauté for 1-2 minutes. Turn off the flame and pour the tempering on the chutney. Mix it well before serving.

(Tempering is completely optional)