Coriander chutney with coconut is a great combination with Dosa, Idly and it goes even very good with lemon rice or tamarind rice also. I like any chutney with coriander or curry leaves. It tastes great. Another Coriander Chutney that is in the blog is just ground without any cooking. But this Chutney is done after sauté’ing the onion and coconut & finally adding the coriander leaves.
Check out my other chutney recipes in the blog:
Hope you all will try and let me know how much you liked it.
Cuisine: Indian(South) | Category: Side Dishes for Idly/Dosa/Chutney | Prep time: 10 mins | Cook time: 15 to 20 mins | Serves: 3
Ingredients
- Onion – 1(medium size) or 1 cup chopped
- Coconut – 1 1/2 Cup (Grated or Chopped fine)
- Hing/Perungayam – 1/8 tsp.
- Green chili – 2 (Reduce or Increase according to taste)
- Tamarind paste – 1/2 tsp (Reduce or Increase according to taste)
- Coriander Leaves – 1 Cup (A Bunch – Cleaned and roughly chopped)
- Salt as needed.
To Temper
- Mustard/Kadugu – 1/4 tsp.
- Urad dal – 1 tbsp.
- Curry leaves – A Spring(Optional)
METHOD
- Chop onion and grate coconut.
- Get all your ingredients ready.
- Add oil in a pan and temper mustard and allow it to splutter.
- Now add urad dal allow it to brown and then add a pinch of hing.
- Add curry leaves and then green chilies.
- Now add onion and saute for few mins until they become translucent.
- Then add the grated coconut and sauté until a nice aroma comes.
- Now switch off the stove and add the chopped Coriander leaves and mix everything well.
- Wait till the mixture cools down. Transfer the contents into s blender and blend everything along with little water, tamarind paste and salt in the blender.
- Check the taste and then transfer the chutney to a bowl.
- Serve the chutney with Idly/Dosa.
Note : I like to add little more Urad Dal while saute’ing onion as it gives a great taste. Adding curry leaves while sautéing is just a healthy notch.
Sauté the coconut till it emits a nice aroma.
You can chop the onion thin so that it gets cooked easily. The onion need not be sauted well, it can be cooked for few mins.
Can add a tomato instead of adding tamarind paste. I like a nice green that’s why didn’t add tomatoes.
Do add the chili one by one, check the spiciness and then add if needed, while blending.
You can temper in the end if you like it that way. Or this step can be omitted and tempered in the beginning itself.
Can add more Coriander also. No need to cook them.
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Coriander Chutney with Coconut is ready to be served with either Idly or Dosa. Try and let me know if you liked it.
Sounds lovely! Coriander is one of my favourite herbs!
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Mick good to know, even am a great fan of coriander. 👍🏼
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Yum yum M….😋😋😋m also in a chutney mode the past few months..trying out all combinations and finally seasoning them with urad daal…il try this one soon..I normally make this with coconut and mint leaves…now I want idli😉😜
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😂😂😂. Enjoy.
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Meena, I love all kinds of chutneys, so I am happy to get one more yummy recipe!
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What a fresh take on chutney! I can’t wait to try it with lemon rice and grilled veggies.
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Ellie am happy you liked it. Do try it. Would love to know how it was.
Meena.
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This is my favorite !
Do you really cook so many dishes on and off or what ?
Had I been given sufficient time, I would have cooked them all and served you too !
Remember only to you !😊
Rest would have been mine !😊
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That’s the difficult task. Need to cook new recipes for the blog and need to reduce kgs also. Very contrasting subjects but I try to do justice to both. Hehe. That’s the difficulty of a food blogger. 😂😂. Wish someone would cook and serve for me. Thanks a lot for that thought Nisthur. 👍🏼
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Since I will learn everything from you , being a Guru , I will offer first serving to you.
Yeah it’s really difficult, food and body weight justifying both is really tough task indeed.
That’s the struggle but you are winner !😊
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😂😂😂. Thanks for the appreciation.
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I love it with Tandoori chicken or any starter….Green chutney is indeed evergreen dish
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True am a great fan of this wonder herb.
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Yummy..
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Thankyou Ruchi.
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Hi Meena.Nice meeting you.I really liked your blog.And this combination of coriander with coconut sounds quite tasty.Do visit my blog on http://www.abhajhablog.wordpress.com.I hope you find something of your interest there.Hope to be in touch through food blogging.Take care.
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I think everyone loves chatnis & usually we go overboard while eating it. Lovely share.
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Thanks Vidya glad to have you here.
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