Mint chutney or pudina chutney is one of my favorite side dish for Idly and dosa. It is a very flavorful and delicious chutney.It goes well with pongal, moong dal rice, moong dal khichdi, samosa, idli, dosa etc. Without the seasoning, it can be used as a spread for sandwich. It can be prepared in different ways. Today let us learn how to prepare Mint Chutney with coconut and onions, by following this easy Mint chutney recipe.
If you love simple chutneys like this, you can check more Chutney varieties.
Mint chutney is a flavorful and tasty chutney which goes well idli, dosa, parathas, chapati and even snacks like samosas and bajjis. It can also be used as a spread for bread.
- 1 cup Mint leaves tightly packed
- 8 Pearl onions
- 2 Green chilli
- 1/4 cup Grated coconut
- Tamarind (small piece)
- Salt as required
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 3/4 tsp Urad dal
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Remove stalks and take the mint leaves alone. Wash the mint leaves and keep it aside. Drain the water well.
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Heat 2-3 tsp of oil , add pearl onions and saute till it turns transparent. -
Then add green chillies and saute for a few more seconds.
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Add mint leaves and saute until it wilts.
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Turn off the heat and add grated coconut.
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Saute the coconut for 2-3 minutes in the heat of the pan. Leave it to cool.
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Add tamarind, needed salt and grind everything together with little water.
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Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when mustard splutters, add urad dal, when dal turns golden brown, pour the seasoning over the chutney.
Recipe Video
You can also use this as a spread for sandwich and as a side dish for samosas, bajji etc.
Slurp,fingerlicking flavourful chutney,can have it with anything..
Looks very delicious and healthy! Please share some 🙂
Lovely chutney, its simply my fav with idlis:)
delicious and healthy and yummy and tangy and everthing that an Indian meal needs as an accompaniment.
I love this chutney a lot, I used to have it even with rice 🙂
chutney looks very tempting, dear
looks sooo yum …i wud luv it with plain rice !
wow healthy chutney,loved it…Need hot idlis now to try this chutney:)
lovely chutney…i like this chutney with hot idlis…looks so good!!!
delicious chutney..
Lovely comfort food. Looks lovely.
Woww. such an easy yummy and healthy recipe. 3 in one. Thats awesome 🙂
A nice and flavorful chutney…like it best as a bread spread
Wonderful and awesome chutney…
Flavorful yummy chutney..
i love mint chutney.. and i like your version! never tried it with tamarind in it!
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Love the chutney..
Favorite chutney… need some steamed idlis now!!
Looks delish …yum
Super, Today I made this. flavourful and tasty.
Cheers,
Uma
Perfect, delicious chutney for idilis & dosas!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
i have been trying most of your dishes. Everything turned out to be really good and tasty. Can you prepare mint chutney without coconut. will it be good?
If you add some ginger when you grind, it will be more healthy and delicious….
Hi Padhu,
Very good recipes indeed. can you post the recipe for Ginger and Til Chutney the tamilian way please.
Thank you
Hi Padhu,
I am in beginner phase in cooking. I find your site very useful. Your recipes are simple and easy to make. Your step by step directions are helpful for me to try some new recipes. Thanks a lot for doing this. 🙂
I tried this mint chutney without onion.Instead of tamarind I used some raw mango. As I like coriander leaves I added that also All other ingredients were the same as given in your recipe It was a little bitter. Even adding a teaspoon of sugar did not improve the taste. Where did I go wrong? Colonel Rajagopalan.
There is nothing to taste bitter in this chutney. Did you taste the mint leaves you used? You did not use onions also. If the onions are over fried they might give a bitter taste. Maybe you can try it again with fresh mint leaves.
Waiting mint leaves for a long time will give bitter taste
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I have tried this mint chutney from your space many times and love this version .. Thanks for the recipe..
Tried this. Awesome
Very tasty chutney, tried it came out well. How many days will it stay fresh in the refrigerator?
Glad you loved the chutney. It stays good for 2 days in the refrigerator and for more days in the freezer.
Nice chutney. I tried it
Tried it and it came out awesome!!
Thank you very much, your blog has been very helpful for me many times.
Today I tried this. Came out well. Tasting good
Thanks a lot