Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:

1 cup of coconut, freshly grated or frozen thawed
¼ cup of dalia / putnala pappu/chutney dal/roasted gram dal
3-4 green chillies
½ tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
3-4 karvepaku leaves/curry leaves
½ cup – ¾ cup of water
Salt as per taste.

for seasoning
dried red chillies - 3 (broken to small pieces)
mustard seeds - 1 tsp
jeera - 1 tsp
minapappu - 1 tb sp (urad dal)
curry leaves - 2 sprigs
oil - 1 tsp

Preparation:

1. Grind together all the ingredients with out adding water first.
Add ¼ cup water at a time and grind it to smooth paste.
2.For tempering heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds let them splutter, add Urad dal, add red chillies and curry leaves and fry for a few seconds on low heat.
3.Lastly add a pinch of hing/ asaefotida and pour the tempering on top of the chutney, mix and serve.
4. Goes well with all tiffins like vada, dosa, idli etc.,