Sunday 14 October 2012

Coconut & Peanut Chutney 

Ingredients:
1 cup of fresh coconut chopped
3/4 cup of peanuts, roasted and skin off
1/2 tsp of cumin seeds
1/3 tsp of mustard seeds
1 tsp of coriander seeds
1 tbsp of curry leaves
3-4 green chillies
2 garlic cloves
2 red chillies, broken into half
1 1/2 inch of tamarind piece 
1 tsp of urad dal
1 tsp of chana dal
1 cup of water
2 tbsp of oil
salt to taste 

Procedure:
Heat oil in a medium sized sauce pan, add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, garlic cloves, green chillies and tamarind.
Fry them for 2 minutes until they turn golden in colour, then switch off the flame.
Drain the excess oil, blend coconut pieces, peanuts, fried ingredients, water and salt all together. Adjust water to get the consistency you prefer.

Tadka:
Now heat the leftover oil in the saucepan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, red chillies and curry leaves. Fry them until chana dal turns golden in colour, stir in the blended mixture and check the seasoning. 
You can serve with idli, dosa, upma or vada.

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