Amishi 's Kitchen : COCONUT CHUTNEY

Once again I'm sharing with you all, my mother in law's easy & yummy coconut chutney. This is a simple chutney that tastes well as accompaniment to idli, dosa, vada.
My mother in law uses only the white part of coconut as she grates it by this hand grater that is available but I'm not able to use it so I make small pieces of the coconut & put it in the grinder. So if you don't prefer to have the brown part you can remove it and use only the white part. It tastes good both ways so it is upto your personal choice.

This is what my mother-in-law uses for grating coconut but I'm not able to use it so I use a mixer-grinder.

INGREDIENTS

for chutney

1 cup grated coconut

1 inch piece of ginger (adrak) cut into small pieces

1-2 fresh green chillies (hari mirch)

1-2 table spoons curd (dahi)

salt to taste

water to adjust consistency

for tempering/tadka

1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds (rai or sarson)

1/4 tea spoon split husked black gram (urad dhuli dal)

10-12 curry leaves

1-2 whole dry red chillies (sookhi lal mirch)

METHOD

1. Take all the ingredients mentioned under chutney except salt & water & grind them. Add a little water to get a smooth paste like consistency.

2. Take oil in a small pan, heat it and add mustard seeds to it. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add the urad dal, let it brown a bit then add dry red chillies to the pan. Finally add curry leaves & add the chutney that we have prepared to the pan.

3. Mix it well. If you find it a bit thick you can add a little bit of water to it. Once you see small bubbles coming up, switch off the gas.

4. Serve it along with idli, dosa, vada and enjoy.

PICTORIAL GUIDE

1. Take all the ingredients mentioned under chutney except salt & water & grind them. Add a little water to get a smooth paste like consistency.