Vaniensamayalarai: Dry Red Chilli Coconut Chutney (South Indian)

Monday, January 5, 2015

Dry Red Chilli Coconut Chutney (South Indian)

Dry Red Chilli Coconut Chutney is a popular south indian chutney perfect with idli, dosa and uttappams... It is commonly prepared for breakfast in south indian tiffin recipes... Here the fresh grated coconut is grinded with red chilli, garlic, tamarind, roasted gram dal and salt, into a smooth paste and they are temper with shallots / small onions which gives a smooky flavour to the chutney...

This chutney is packed with goodness of coconut, a pinch of red chilli and a dash of gingelly oil, which gives extra flavour to the chutney... So I hope that you must this recipe and let me know it's turns out from you...

Preparation Time :10 mins
Cooking Time : 7 mins

Serve - 3 to 4
Recipe Category - Chutney
Recipe Cuisine - South Indian

INGREDIENTS:

TO TEMPER :

Gingelly oil - 2 tspn

Shallots / Small onion - 3 (chopped)

Mustard seeds - 1 tspn
Urad dal -1/2 tspn

Curry leaves - few

FOR GRINDING:

Red chilli - 10

Fresh coconut -1/2 cup (grated)

Garlic - 1 (clove)
Tamarind - a small piece

Roasted bengal gram - 2 tspn

Salt - as needed

METHOD :

Take all your ingredients ready..
Take a blender add in dry chilli, garlic, tamarind, salt, grind them into a coarse powder..
Add in fresh coconut and little water, make it a smooth paste..Keep aside.
Heat a pan with gingelly oil, mustard and urad dal, allow to crackle..
Add in chopped shallots and curry leaves, fry till golden brown..
Now add in grinded chutney and some water..
When the chutney started bubbles at the sides of the pan..
Switch off the flame, transfer them to a bowl..
Serve with idli, dosa..
Enjoy..