Garlic Coconut Chutney

Garlic Coconut Chutney

When chutney takes the role of only side dish for the tiffin, the chutney should be more tasty and filling that makes us forget the need of any other accompaniment. This is one such tasty filling chutney and is more tastier if you grind them in stone grinder the traditional way.

Ingredients: (To serve 4)

1 tablespoon of sesame oil for frying 

10 pods of garlic (big ones)

100 g of shallots

100 g of coconut scrapped

a small gooseberry size Tamarind

4 red chilly

salt as per taste

50 ml Water for grinding

1 teaspoon of sesame Oil for seasoning

1 teaspoon of mustard

Method:

Heat oil in a wok and fry red chilly.

Then add the shallots and fry well.

Now add garlic and toss to make the garlic roasted.

Add coconut and fry. Do no let coconut turn brown.

Grind all these ingredients with salt, tamarind and 50 ml water to a smooth paste.

Heat the same wok with oil

Add mustard and let it crackle.

Add ground garlic coconut chutney and fry well for a minute.

Serve hot with steaming idlies.