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Sunday 19 August 2012

Coconut Chutney


This is a very famous south Indian side dish that can be used with many breakfast types.
Very easy and simple to make..also called as Thaengai Chutney / White Chutney

Ingredients:
1.       Coconut: 1 cup (Grated)
2.       Salt
3.       Pottu Kadalai / Odacha Kadalai: Handful.
4.       Asafoedita: a pinch
5.       Green Chilly: 2 (Medium sized)
6.       Tamarind: size of a gems chocolate.
7.       Water
8.       Mustard: 1/ tsp
9.       Oil: 1/ tsp

Preparation Procedure:
1.       In a mixer jar, add ingredients 1 to 6 and without adding water, initially, make it as a coarse powder.
2.       Now add water little by little and make it in the form of a coarse paste.
3.       You can choose to have it as Getti Chutney (Solidal) or watery by adding water accordingly.
4.       Now, in a serving vessel transfer the contents, temper with mustard and serve.
PS: In the absence of pottu kadalai, you can use roasted toor dal – handful.

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