This Pudina Pachadi recipe (also called Pudina Coconut Chutney) is made with fresh mint leaves, coconut, curry leaves, chana dal, green chillies and spices. This herby chutney pairs greatly with South Indian snacks like idli, dosa, vada, uttapam, pakoda, bonda and even with sandwiches.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 20 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Side Dish
  • Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • ⅓ to ½ cup mint leaves
  • 8 to 9 curry leaves
  • 1 inch ginger (- roughly chopped)
  • ½ cup grated coconut (- fresh or frozen)
  • 1 or 2 green chilies (- chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon roasted chana dal ((roasted Bengal gram))
  • ¼ or ½ cup water (or as required)
  • ½ or ¾ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 8 to 9 curry leaves
  • 1 pinch asafoetida ((hing))

Method

making pudina pachadi

  1. Heat oil in a small pan.
  2. Fry the mint leaves, curry leaves and ginger till the mint and curry leaves become crisp stirring often on a low heat.
  3. Remove this mixture from the pan using a slotted spoon and draining all the oil in the pan. Place this mixture in a bowl and let it cool at room temperature.
  4. In a chutney grinder or blender, add grated coconut (fresh or frozen), chopped green chilies and roasted chana dal.
  5. Also add fried mixture of mint leaves, curry leaves and ginger that we had prepared in previous step.
  6. Next add salt as required and about ¼ or ½ cup water. Grind or blend to a smooth paste without any chunks.
  7. You can make the chutney thick or medium consistency as you prefer by adding less or more water.

tempering

  1. In the same pan, add oil if required. But do note that some oil will be there in the pan.
  2. Add the mustard seeds and let them crackle at low heat.
  3. Then add the curry leaves and asafoetida. Take care as oil can splutter when you add the curry leaves
  4. Fry for some seconds on low heat stirring often till the curry leaves become crisp.
  5. Pour the tempering mixture together with the oil in the ground pudina pachadi.
  6. Stir well and serve pudina pachadi immediately with Idli, dosa or uttapam or vada.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.