chutney for dosa | how to make coconut chutney | dosa chutney recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup coconut, fresh / desiccated
• 1 tbsp peanuts, roasted
• 1 tbsp roasted split gram / putani / dariya
• 2 petals onion
• 2 green chilli
• small piece tamarind
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup water, hot

for tempering

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 red chilli, broken
• few curry leaves

Steps

1. Begin with 1 cup coconut placed in a blender.
2. Follow it with 1 tbsp roasted peanuts and 1 tbsp putani to give the chutney a hotel-style texture.
3. Put in 2 petals onion, 2 green chilli, a small piece of tamarind and ½ tsp salt.
4. Blend to either a smooth or a coarse paste, adding ½ cup water or as much as required.
5. For the tempering, heat 2 tsp oil.
6. Wait until the oil is hot before putting in 1 tsp mustard, 1 red chilli and a few curry leaves.
7. Pour the tempering over the chutney once it has spluttered.
8. Offer this hotel-style dosa chutney with dosa or idli.