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Home » CHUTNEY » Coconut chutney recipe | South Indian coconut chutney recipe

Coconut chutney recipe | South Indian coconut chutney recipe

May 23, 2014 by Raks Anand 21 Comments /

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‘Coconut chutney’ is a very easy and common side dish made in South Indian households. Though mainly for idli and dosa, its also best for pongal, vadai, upma etc. I have been thinking how to post this basic and simple recipe here. But many of the readers who are beginners/ new to cooking ask me how to make coconut chutney. So I think its high time to post this one here. I think the recipe is so simple and easy that can be made in a jiffy, there are lots and lots of variations that can be done with this basic recipe. So the notes will be longer than the recipe 😋. Also few tips and tricks for making perfect tasty chutney.

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Coconut chutney recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 10 mins    |  Cook time: 2 mins    |  Serves: 3

Ingredients

Grated coconut – 1/2 cup


Fried gram dal (pottukadalai) – 2 tblsp


Green chillies – 2


Salt & Water – As needed


To temper

Oil – 1 tsp


Mustard – 3/4 tsp


Urad dal – 1 tsp


Curry leaves – 1 sprig


Method

  1. Grate coconut, place it along with chilli, fried gram dal, salt and little water in a blender to grind it until smooth or desired consistency.1-how-to-make-chutney

Notes

  • Always use freshly broken and scrapped coconut for best tasting chutney. Dont use dried up coconut.
  • If the coconut is little bit on the tender side, then it will taste great.
  • How to troubleshoot  a watery chutney? – Add more grated coconut or little more fried gram dal and grind it again. Adjust salt and chilli accordingly.
  • My chutney is not white, why? – Do not scrap the coconut with the brown part, scrap carefully only the white part. Do not add more fried gram dal or chilli, which will also affect the colour.
  • Fresh and a bit tender coconut gives whitish chutney.
  • Add little milk for getting a rich and whiter chutney.
  • Add water carefully while grinding, you can add less while grinding and always can add more if needed later.
  • If you want chutney in runny side, add little more fried gram dal and grind it watery. If you want thick, then no need.
  • I sometimes never add fried gram dal also and grind with very less milk or water to make ‘getti chutney’.
  • Add a few drops of coconut oil and mix after grinding for a nice flavor or you can use coconut oil for tempering too.
  • Variations with this chutney : 
    * Add a small pinch of tamarind (Add more chilli to balance)
    *Add a garlic flake while grinding
    *Add a piece of ginger while grinding
    *Add a small onion (Shallots) while grinding
    *Add few curry leaves while grinding
    *Add a half sauteed tomato while grinding (Add more chilli to balance)
    *Add half sauteed onion while grinding
    *Add roasted channa dal in place of fried gram dal
    *Add roasted channa dal and red chillies in place of fried gram dal and green chillies.
    *Add roasted peanuts and red chillies in place of fried gram dal and red chillies.
    *Temper 2 tblsp finely chopped small onions
    *Fry some carrot and grind along to make carrot chutney
  • Do not use your hands while grinding if you are packing it and makes sure you temper the chutney as my mom / MIL says it keeps the chutney longer without getting spoilt.

That’s it, you can pair it up with Idli, Dosa, Pongal, kichadi, upma, adai, vadai, rava dosa etc.

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Comments

  1. Shweet Spicess

    May 23, 2014 at 5:21 am

    Love coconut chutney

    Reply
  2. AparnaRajeshkumar

    May 23, 2014 at 5:45 am

    N no of variations, coconut chutney rocks Like Raks 😀

    Reply
  3. Veena Theagarajan

    May 23, 2014 at 6:29 am

    this is exactly how I do it.. very fast and tasty chutney

    Reply
  4. Priya

    May 23, 2014 at 8:07 am

    Valuable tips!! raks…

    Reply
  5. Preetha Soumyan

    May 23, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Oh i was about to post the exact same one on my blog… lovely

    Reply
  6. sara

    May 23, 2014 at 9:50 am

    hi raks where u bought that chutney bowl tell me lz

    Reply
  7. mullaimadavan

    May 23, 2014 at 11:53 am

    Coconut chutney looks super! Nice presentation, luv the coconut shell bowl!

    Reply
  8. Anonymous

    May 23, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    Love that bowl..so many tips:)

    Reply
  9. Ruhi Saxena

    May 23, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    Thankyou for such wonderful tips.

    Reply
  10. Arjunan Akilandeswari

    May 23, 2014 at 2:21 pm

    Very tempting chutney

    Reply
  11. Gayathri NG

    May 23, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    Nice tips& tricks, looks so appealing..

    Reply
  12. VineelaSiva

    May 23, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    Simple and tasty chutney.

    Reply
  13. Anu

    May 23, 2014 at 10:41 pm

    Hi raks.. Can u pls suggest this chutney with frozen coconut ….bcz we don't get fresh coconut here…

    Reply
  14. rajagiri divya

    May 24, 2014 at 3:34 am

    Hi Anu
    If u are using frozen coconut , then defrost it for 1 minute. And then repeat the process as above. Because I also do the chutney with frozen shredded coconut.

    Reply
  15. rajagiri divya

    May 24, 2014 at 3:40 am

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  16. sankar saranya

    May 24, 2014 at 4:58 am

    Amazing, ur also my favorite blogger. Ur picture presentation perfect. Steps easy to every one , coconut milk muruku receipe I don't know how to do? My kids favourite can u say how for this summer holiday I will do for them.

    Reply
  17. Sue Govender

    December 31, 2014 at 8:26 am

    Lovely recipe

    Reply
  18. dvirada

    February 7, 2017 at 1:24 pm

    My husband saw this recipe and made it for me to relish with crispy dosas when I was sick. Thank you for spreading love with your recipes. Your blog is just too amazing.God bless you for spreading love through your recipes.

    Reply
  19. R.S.Srinivasa Setty

    November 27, 2020 at 7:27 pm

    In basic recipe, using few whole cashew nuts instead of fried grams gives a lot more nice taste and texture to chutney.

    Reply
  20. jyoti Gupta

    January 5, 2021 at 1:48 pm

    Excellent coconut chutney with so many variations. Love it. Always follow this recipe. My family loves it. Thanks to Raks Kitchen for delicious recipes. All the best.

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      January 5, 2021 at 4:07 pm

      Thanks a lot 🙂

      Reply

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