Coconut chutney/ Thengai chutney

Coconut chutney is a simple chutney. which can be made in a jiffy. Idly and coconut chutney is a classic combo. For preparing this chutney, fresh coconut or frozen coconut is used .  You can also use  desiccated coconut. But taste and texture wise fresh or frozen is best compared to desiccated  coconut.

Here is the  recipe...

Ingredients:

Coconut - 1/4 cup (grated)

Fried gram / Pottukadalai - 1 tbsp

Green chillies - 4 no

Salt - as needed

Water - as needed

To Temper:

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Curryleaves - 1 sprig 

Method:

1. Take  grated coconut , Fried gram , greenchillies salt in  a jar and grind it by adding water.

2. In a tadka pan , heat a tsp of oil . Add mustard. when it pops, add urad dal and fry it till golden brown colour. Now add curry leaves. Toss well. Switch it off.

Now our Coconut chutney is ready in a minutes...

Notes:

•  First grind the dry ingredients ( coconut, fried gram, chillies, salt   except water) coaresly. Then add water and grind it to the smooth paste.  If you do so, water will not ooze out from chutney while serving.
  
• Here in Germany,  curry leaves are banned due to the level of pesticides used in that. So i didn't used. Thatswhy you can't find curryleaves in my chutney.