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Coconut Chutney

Coconut Chutney

Coconut is an auspicious identity of India, as we start our prayers with the breaking of a coconut. Especially in South India, we use it in almost all recipes. Coconut is such a healthy food which could help you to get a glowing skin, thick - long hair etc. Coconut Chutney is the easiest way of including it in our every day diet. Â

Despite its health benefits, coconut chutney is an unavoidable accompaniment to all of our south Indian tiffins. You could make a variety of coconut chutneys by adding or avoiding one or two ingredients but tastes yummy and ultimate. In this blog post, I am sharing my versions of making coconut chutney.

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Coconut Chutney

Health Benefits of Coconut

  1. Coconut is rich in healthy saturated fat.
  2. Regular intake of coconut will help you to get healthy skin and also helps in anti-aging.
  3. It improves your digestion.
  4. It may help in weight management.
  5. Coconut is an energy power bank.

Why Coconut Chutney?

Coconut is an all-time- available ingredient in south Indian kitchens. So, making coconut chutney is like making an instant coffee. You just need to grate/strip coconut and grind it together with other ingredients. That's all! Our instant chutney is ready.

But this is not the only way to make coconut chutney. By making small changes in the ingredients list, we could get a variety of coconut chutneys. Here I am sharing some of them. As time pass on, you could also find a version, better suitable for your family members.

Ingredients and Substitutions

Coconut - Coconut is the main ingredient of this chutney. The unique taste of this chutney depends on coconut. But at times we substitute it with onions sauteed till translucent not golden.

Fried Gram - Fried gram is added to give a smooth texture to the chutney. It also enhances the taste. It may be replaced with roasted peanuts or with roasted Channa dal.

Green Chilies - Green Chilies are added for giving spiciness. It could be substituted with dry red chilies or with red chilly powder.

Ginger - An inch piece of ginger will give a nice punch to the chutney. It may be replaced with 2 garlic cloves. Or you may omit if you don't prefer.

Salt - Salt is added for seasoning.

Seasoning Ingredients

Oil - Oil is added for seasoning the chutney.

Mustard Seeds - Mustard Seeds spluttered in oil gives a nice aroma to the dish.

Urad Dal - Urad Dal fried till golden gives an yummy flavor and a crunchy bite in between.

Red Chilly - Red chilly fried in oil will give a spicy flavor punch.

Curry Leaves - Curry leaves add a south Indian flavor to any dish.

Asafetida - Asafetida will be helpful in digestion and adds unique flavor to the chutney.

How to make Coconut Chutney?

Blending

In a blender or mixer, add grated coconut, fried gram, green chilies, ginger and salt. Blend to a smooth texture with required quantity. A thick coconut chutney will taste yummy. Adjust consistency with required quantity of water.

Seasoning

Heat 2 teaspoons of cooking oil in a tadka pan. Let it smokes. Add a teaspoon of mustard seeds and let it splutter well.
Now add 1 broken red chili and a teaspoon of urad dal and let it starts changing color.
Now add curry leaves and a pinch of asafetida in it. Do the complete process in a low flame; otherwise the tadka will burn.
Pour the tadka into the chutney and mix well.

5 Versions of Coconut Chutney

Basic Coconut Chutney

Blending only basic ingredients such as grated coconut, fried gram, green chilies and salt.

Coconut Chutney with Ginger

Add a small piece of ginger with the basic ingredients. This will enhance the taste of the chutney.

Coconut Chutney with Garlic

Add 1 or 2 cloves of garlic with the basic ingredients. This will twist the taste of the chutney.

Sweet Coconut Chutney

Add roasted peanuts instead of fried gram. This will give a sweet punch to the chutney.

Special Coconut Chutney

Sauté green chili and ginger in half teaspoon of oil for 2 to 3 seconds. This will give a nice unique aroma and make our chutney special.

Without Coconut Chutney

Sauté roughly chopped onion, green chili and ginger in oil till translucent. Replace grated coconut with this onion-chili-ginger mix. It tastes very much similar to our coconut chutney but without coconut.

Note

Don't add too much of water; It will give a very thin consistency which will not taste good. Adding too much of fried gram will hide the taste of coconut.
Prep Time8 mins
Cook Time2 mins
Total Time10 mins
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Difficulty:Beginner
Servings:2
Best Season:Suitable throughout the year
Description

Coconut chutney is one of easy to make accompaniment to most south Indian tiffins and worth it.

Ingredients
    Blending Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Grated Coconut (or stripped coconut pieces)
  • 2 tablespoons Fried Gram (or roasted peanuts/ channa dal)
  • 2 number Green Chilies (or Dry Red Chilies & as per spice requirement)
  • 1 inch Ginger (or 2 garlic cloves - optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt (as per taste)
    • Seasoning Ingredient
  • 1/2 teaspoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
  • 1 number Dry Red Chilly
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
  • 1 pinch Asafetida
Instructions
    Sautéing and Blending
  1. 1

    Sauté slitted green chili & chopped ginger for 5 seconds. This step is completely optional. But give a special flavor to the chutney.

    If you prefer garlic instead of ginger then do not sauté. Otherwise our chutney flavors differently. Instead of green chilly we can use red chilly also.
  2. 2

    In a mixer jar, add grated coconut, fried gram, sauted chili & ginger. Grind them to a smooth paste by adding enough water. Add salt to taste.

    Seasoning
  3. 3

    In a tadka pan, add oil and heat. Now add mustard seeds & red chilies. Let it splutter. Then add urad dal. Let it fry till golden. Then add curry leaves & asafetida and pour it into our coconut chutney. Serve it with hot idli/ dosa/ pongal.

    Seasoning is also an optional step. Our Coconut Chutney tastes good without this seasoning. But it gives a nice aroma to the chutney.
Note
  • Coconut is a very healthy ingredient and Coconut chutney is the best way of including it raw.
  • An instant chutney which could be prepared in 5 minutes.
  • I name it a Lazy Chutney because I prefer this chutney when I am too lazy.
Read it online:https://healthywealthyrecipes.com/recipe/coconut-chutney/
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Selvi Senthil Nathan
A curated recipe inventor and home cook