Monday, April 6, 2009

Green Coconut chutney

This has many many many variants, which I will be putting as a footnote. Here's the basic recipe.

Ingredients
1) 1/2 cup chopped fresh coconut
2) 1/4 cup chana dal (green gram - dried, roasted, and split)
3) 2 big green chillies
4) 1/4 cup cilantro leaves, washed
5) a very very small piece of ginger (optional)
6) 3 leaves of mint (optional)
7) 2 teaspoons plain unsweetened unflavored yogurt (optional)
8) salt
9) half a teaspoon oil
10) a pinch of mustard seeds
11) a pinch of cumin seeds
12) a pinch black gram (split)
13) one stick curry leaves.

Method:
1) Combine ingredients 1-8 (whatever you are using) and grind. Add water as required. You should get a smooth paste.
2) Heat oil. Add the black gram lentil. Let it change shade. Add mustard and cumin seeds. Add curry leaves and fry till curry leaves are crispy.
3) Pour this into the chutney (and NOT the other way around)
4) Serve with whatever you want to eat it with.

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