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A freshly made coconut chutney served with steaming hot idlis or a crisp dosa hot off the pan, is a thing of delight.

There are many varieties of this coconut chutney, but I prefer the one with tomatoes. It just adds that much more depth of flavour and dimension.

This easy recipe becomes even more fun to create when using a powerful blender like my new Optimum G.21 Platinum blender . Why ? Because the speed and convenience of having a pre-set function to grind means the job is done at the press of a button.

Besides the consistency and texture of the chutney is perfect.

If you are using frozen grated coconut like I do, it will look like this

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Tomato and Coconut Chutney

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Prep time

2 mins

Cook time

2 mins

Total time

4 mins

Freshly made tomato and grated coconut chutney.

Author: Manjiri

Recipe type: Chutney

Cuisine: South Indian

Serves: 4-6 serves

Ingredients

For grinding
Grated coconut - ¼ cup - 55 gm
Tomato - ½ a large or 1 small
Kashmiri red chillies dried - 3 - you can increase or decrease the number depending on how hot you want the chutney to be
Green Chilli - ½
1 tsp chana dal or yellow bengal gram split and without skin
Ginger - a small knob about the size of your thumbnail
Gralic - 2 small cloves without skin
Salt as per taste
Water - add according to consistency
For the tadka or tempering
Oil - 1 tbsp
Curry Leaves - 5
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal ½ tsp (split black lentil without skin)

Instructions

Heat a pan on a medium flame and pan roast the chana dal till it turns a dark brown colour, do not allow it to burn, gently keep moving it on the pan with a wooden spatula. Set aside to cool.
Halve the tomato and add into the blender.
Add the freshly grated coconut, I buy a frozen packet from my local Indian store, have a look at the photograph in my post.
Remove the skin of the ginger - this is best done using the back of a spoon if the ginger is fresh - it will come off easily , of not use a knife.
Now add the garlic cloves, kashmiri red chillies and salt.
Add the roasted chana dal which should have cooled down by now
Add about one and half tbsp water and grind to a thick coarse paste like consistency.
The water level depends on how you would like the consistency. I generally add a little more water after the first grind and give it one more pulse in my Froothie to get a better poruing consistency.
Decant the chutney into a bowl
Heat the oil in a kadhai or saucepan and add the mustard seeds in the hot oil.
Once the seeds begin to pop add the urad dal and let it brown, then throw in the fresh curry leaves.
Pour this hot tadka mixture onto the chutney and serve fresh with steaming hot idlis or dosad.

A peek inside the blender ..

If you are not using the Froothie power blender, then chop the chillies roughly into small pieces, repeat with the ginger and garlic too.

This is because the sharp blades of the Optimum G2.1 Platinum blender will be able to easily grind the whole ingredients, a task that a regular mixie will struggle with.

I add the dried red Kashmiri chilli for its colour as well as flavour. In many of my curries I just these chillies whole to add a hint of flavour. But remember once made into a paste these chillies release their hidden potency – it’s a very different beast then and the heat can be really intense. So if you don’t deal with heaty – spicy chillies well then use only a half of a Kashmiri chilli in this chutney. It will still add a dash of colour and flavour without scathing your palate.

And the green chilli gives it necessary flavour which I find very distinctly pungent and traceable when I eat this chutney, if it was missing I would know instantly and would miss it.

The fresh taste of the chutney and the crunch of the curry leaves is simply irresistible, the tomatoes add just the right amount of tang to this beautiful chutney. Typical to the South of India this recipe is something that most families make with variations of their own. Some even prefer to add some onion or roast the coconut before adding to the blender. whichever recipe you use this chutney will never go out of fashion.