Coconut Chutney with Red chillies

March 11, 2012 by PadhuSankar 15 Comments

Coconut Chutney is a perfect accompaniment with Idli, dosa, uthappam and pongal. It is commonly prepared for breakfast in South India and is one of the easiest chutney recipe. Today we will learn how to make coconut chutney following this easy recipe.

Coconut Chutney recipe (with red chillies)

Ingredients needed

Grated coconut – 3/4 cup (use fresh coconut)
Red chilli – 5
Garlic – 1 – 2 cloves (optional)
Fried gram (pottu kadalai) -1 1/2 tbsp
Tamarind – a small piece or a little paste

For the seasoning

Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – few

Method

Grind grated coconut, red chillies, garlic, fried gram, tamarind and salt together, adding little water. Do not grind it very finely. It should be a little coarse.

Then heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal and curry leaves.When dal starts turning golden brown, pour it over the chutney.

Enjoy with idli, dosa , ven pongal, uthappam and even upma.

Check out my another variation of coconut chutney with green chilli and coriander leaves below

Coconut chutney recipe (it goes well with tiffin items)

Coconut thuvayal (it goes well with rice topped with ghee)

Enjoy a variety of chutneys –Chutney recipes

Meet you soon with more interesting recipes. As I am very busy with another project, I could not visit all your blogs, once it is over, I will catch up with all your interesting posts.

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