In andhra side coconut is one of the regular item to use in daily cooking.Coconut is nutricious item to give calcium and potassium to the body.especially drinking coconut water gives instant energy and good for muscles.Thats why our ancestors used to prepare curries mixing with coconut.We prepare chutneys using coconut.Naturally we prepare coconut chutney for breakfast. But this chutney is good combination of rice.Adding mint leaves gives good aroma to the chutney and also gives excellent taste.
Ingredients
| coconut shell(coconut meat) | 1 |
| green chillies | 10 |
| dry chiilies | 5 |
| mint leaves | 1 cup |
| tomto | 1 |
| tamarind | 2 flakes |
| oil | to taste |
| oil | 2 spoon |
| mustard seeds | 1/4 spoon |
| urad dal | 1/4 spoon |
| curry leaves | few |
| coriander leaves | few |
| cumin seeds | 1/4 spoon |
| garlic cloves | 10 |
Preparation
Wash coconut shell with the water and break the shell and remove meat and cut into small pieces.
Wash green chillies and tomato in the water.
After that cut into pieces.Cut the green chillies into 2 pieces and tomato into 4 to 5 pieces.
Wash the mint leaves in the water and drain the water and keep them aside.
remove upper layer of garlic cloves.
Soak tamarind flakes in 1/2 cup of water.
Method
1.Take a thin vessel and put on the flame.
2.Add oil when vessel is heated.
3.When oil is heated add green chilli pieces and fry for 2 minutes.
4.Keep the fried green chilli pieces in a plate or bowl.
5.Add dry chillies and fry for 1 minute and after that keep them a plate.
6.Add mint leaves and tomato piece and fry for 5 to 10 minutes till tomato pieces become tender.Remove the vessel from the stove.
7.Put tamarind flakes soaked vessel on the flame with water. boil for 5 minutes in medium flame.Put off the flame.
8. Take a mixie jar.Add fried green chillies,dry chillies ,cumin seeds,garlic cloves and salt in the jar and make a fine paste.
9.Add tamarind with water, fried mint leaves ,tomato pieces,coconut pieces and make a fine paste.Taste the chutney if salt is enough or not.If not add some more salt.
10.Add oil in a pan.After oil is heated add mustard seeds and fry till they started to crackle.
11.Add urad dal and fry till they become to golden colour.Then add curry leaves and coriander pieces.Put off the flame.
12.Add these seasoning to chutney.And mix well.
13.enjoy the taste of this chutney with steam rice...
Keep in the mind
Use boiled water to add to the chutney for best preservation.
In the seasonings you can add chana dal and cumin seeds also.
Fresh coconut meat increases the taste of the chutney.So use fresh coconut to prepare this chutney.
For more spiciness increase the number of green chillies(quantity of green chillies).
If you like to chutney in only green or white colour then add only green chillies .Do not add dry chillies.Dry chillies changes the colour of chutney.
