Coconut Chutney Recipe
Coconut or Nariyal Chutney is a delicious vegan Indian dipping sauce made with coconut. This chutney is served as a side for Dosa and Idli mainly. It's quick and easy to make!
Servings 8 people
Calories 193.67kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
To make a paste
- 2 cups grated coconut
- ⅓ cup roasted gram/daliya/puttu kadalai
- 5 green chillies
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- ¾ cup water or thin coconut milk
- salt
For the tadka
- 1 teaspoon cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- ¼ teaspoon hing
- 1 tablespoon urad dal
- 1 tablespoon chana dal
Garnish
- 2 tablespoon cilantro
- 5 curry leaves
Instructions
To make a paste
- Transfer grated coconut, puttu kadalai, green chillies, and ginger to a mixer grinder jar.
- Add water to grind to a smooth paste. Scrape the sides as you grind and add more water if needed. Consistency is a personal preference. Transfer to a bowl. Add salt.
For the tadka
- In a tadka pan, add coconut oil, and temper mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add urad seeds, chana dal, and hing. Saute till the urad dal turns light golden.
- Pour this tempering over the chutney. Mix and keep it aside. Garnish it with torn curry leaves and chopped cilantro.
- Cover the chutney with a lid immediately after adding tempering over chutney. It gives an amazing smoky flavor to the chutney.
Notes
Cilantro can also be added while grinding. If doing so the chutney will be green in color. To make this chutney gluten-free, skip adding asafoetida or hing.
Do not over process the chutney while grinding else the coconut will let out oil and make the chutney greasy.
You can also serve the coconut chutney without the tadka. That's how some restaurants serve it and its called white chutney. But I don't skip it as it adds so much more flavor.
Use coconut oil to temper, it gives a good enhancing flavor to this Indian chutney. You can also use any neutral cooking oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 193.67kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.07g | Protein: 3.51g | Fat: 14.68g | Saturated Fat: 12.24g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.25g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.01g | Sodium: 103.85mg | Potassium: 119.09mg | Fiber: 7.16g | Sugar: 2.74g | Vitamin A: 30.74IU | Vitamin C: 16.34mg | Calcium: 28.24mg | Iron: 1.27mg