You can check out other chutney varieties for Idli/Dosa here:
Red Coconut Chutney Recipe:
(serves 2-3)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup grated fresh Coconut
1 small Onion,chopped
2-3 dry Red Chillies
2-3 Byadige Red Chillies
2 small Garlic pods
2 tbsp Chana dal
1 1/2 tsp Tamarind pulp
Salt to taste
to temper:
2 tsp Ghee/Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Urad dal
a sprig of Curry leaves
a pinch of Asafoetida
Method:
- Heat 1 tsp Oil and add chana dal and fry until they turn red in color and add red chillies and byadige red chillies until they are crisp and keep them aside.
- Grind grated fresh coconut with onion, garlic pods, roasted chana dal and dry red chillies, tamarind pulp and salt to a paste.
- Heat ghee/oil in a small tempering pan and crackle mustard seeds and add urad dal and fry until it turns red in color.Add curry leaves and asafoetida and fry it.
- Add the tempering to the chutney and mix well.
- Instead of chana dal you can add 3-4 tbsp fried gram(roasted gram) in the recipe.
- Adjust the red chillies according to your spice level.The addition of byadige red chillies gives a nice red color to the chutney,so do not miss adding them.
You can check the regular Coconut Chutney recipe here.