Jain-style Red Coconut Chutney Recipe

Jain-style Red Coconut Chutney Recipe

Ingredients:

• 6 teaspoon chana dal
• 10 dry red chili
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• water as required
• 1 chopped tomato
• 1 cup grated coconut
• salt as required
• black pepper as required

For Tempering :

• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 15 curry leaves
• 1 pinch asafoetida
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoon refined oil
• 2 tablespoon ghee

Recipe :

• Step 1

  To start with, take a non-stick pan and dry roast broken red chillies until they splutter. Then, add chana dal and dry roast in for a few minutes.

• Step 2

  Now, add chopped tomatoes and grated coconut. Mix them and cook until tomatoes are soft and tender. Season with salt and black pepper. Mix well and cook for one more minutes.

• Step 3

  Remove from the burner and let it cool for about 8-10 minutes. Then, add lemon juice and mix it well while adding little amount of water.

• Step 4

  Transfer the mixture to a blender jar and blend well to make a fine puree. Then, heat oil in a non-stick pan and when the oil is hot enough, add mustard seeds in it and allow them to splutter.

• Step 5

  Then, add urad dal and cook it until golden brown in colour. Now, add cumin seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves and cook for a while. Mix it well and pout this tempering over the blended puree.

• Step 6

  Mix the puree well to incorporate the tempering well with the puree. Transfer the chutney to a bowl and have it with paratha, roti or bread of you liking.