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Coconut Curry Leaves Chutney


Ingredients:

Coconut gratings – 1 cup
Curry leaves – 2 to 3 strings
Red chilli – 4 to 5 Nos
Bengal gram dhal – 1 tablespoon
Urad dhal – 1 tablespoon
Tamarind – a small gooseberry size (or you can use one teaspoon tamarind paste)
Asafotida – a small pea size (If you do not have hard one, you can use asafetida powder)
Salt – ¾ teaspoon or as per taste
Oil – 2 teaspoon
Mustard and curry leaves for seasoning

Method:

In a kadai put the oil and fry asafetida, dhals and red chillies. Add tamarind and fry for a while. Then add curry leaves and keep the stove to minimum. Fry the curry leaves for few seconds. Add coconut and switch off the stove. Cool it. Add salt and grind to a paste.

Season it with mustard and curry leaves.

Also See:Tomato Curry Leaves Chutney

7 comments:

Homecooked said...

This chutney is an all time favourite. Looks yummy.

Anonymous said...

that is an interesting recipe. i suppose the taste wil be similar to paruppu chutney where we roast urd dal and tuvar dal..and grind with coconut and puzhi

Im glad to see your post in taste of india..now more of us can benefit from your site..

cheers
anu

Sangeeth said...

great chutney...

Nithu said...

Chutney looks perfect. It is a great dip for dosa and idly.

Kamala said...

Hi all,

Thank you all for visiting my site and posting your comments.

Anu - Yes. It tastes like dhal chutney but with the goodness of curry leaves.

Hima said...

Never made this before. Would love to try.

Kamala said...

Hi Hima,

Thank you for visiting my site. Try this chutney and post your comments.