Coconut chutney

Coconut chutney - A nutritious recipe, loaded with essential minerals and good fats.

Ingredients - 

1 cup grated coconut

1/2 cup roasted chana dal

2 garlic cloves (optional)

2 green chillies

1/2 cup water

1 inch sliced ginger piece

2 spoon sunflower/coconut oil

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

1/4 teaspoon urad dal

A pinch of asafoetida (hing)

4-5 curry leaves

1 red chilli

Method -

1. Add grated coconut, roasted chana dal, garlic cloves, green chillies, ginger, water and salt in a mixer jar and grind it into a smooth paste.

2. Transfer the chutney into a bowl.

3. Heat oil in a tadka pan, once the oil is hot add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, a pinch of asafoetida and one red chilly.

4. Allow the mustard seed to splutter and then pour the oil into the chutney and give it a mix.

Note : you can serve this chutney as a side dish with idli, dosa, rawa upma, uttappam, ven pongal and iddiappam.