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    Home » Recipes » Accompaniments

    Mint chutney recipe / Pudina chutney with coconut

    October 8, 2012 by Raks Anand 42 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Pudina chutney / Mint chutney recipe, perfect as side dish for idli or dosa. (south Indian mint coconut chutney).

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    I already have a mint chutney recipe in my blog. That recipe is with onion and tomato and little bit of coconut. With the fresh bunch of mint I bought I wanted to make coconut chutney with pudina for idli and dosa. So made last week for morning breakfast.

    Though I gave Vj with idli, I had with paniyarams made with idli dosa batter 🙂 Even Vj loves this with kichidi, upma, pongal and adai too.

    pudina chutney with paniyarams

    Texture & Color

    I love pudina chutney ground with the leaves seen as flakes here and there, rather than the smooth ground one. It gives great texture too, just like if we crush grind in an ammi or grinder.

    I have a secret ingredient for my chutney to be naturally bright green in color. It's Turmeric. Yes, you heard it right! Haven't you mixed yellow with dark green to bring light green when you were painting as a kid? Same concept.

    I do add a dash of turmeric in such green chutney for making it bright, as well as it is good to include turmeric right?

    Variations

    • Use chana dal (roasted) in place of fried gram dal.
    • Mixture of coriander and mint can be used.
    • Add a garlic clove or a shallot in place of ginger.

    Related posts

    • Coriander coconut chutney
    • Basic coconut chutney
    • Red chilli chutney

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    Pudina chutney / Mint chutney recipe

    Pudina chutney / Mint chutney recipe, perfect as side dish for idli or dosa. (south Indian mint coconut chutney).
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Servings 4

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    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ¾ cup Mint leaves loosely packed
    • ½ cup Coconut fresh grated
    • 6 Green chilli
    • 1 tablespoon Fried gram dal/ pottukadalai
    • ⅛ teaspoon Tamarind A pinch
    • 1 Inch Ginger piece optional
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • Salt - as needed

    To temper

    • 1 teaspoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
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    Instructions

    • Wash the mint leaves and let it retain some water.
    • Heat a pan with oil, season with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
    • Transfer to a serving bowl and in the same pan, add the washed mint leaves and sauté the leaves in medium flame until it just shrinks in volume.
    • Grind coconut, green chilli, fried gram dal, tamarind, ginger (if using) and salt with little water, lastly add mint leaves and turmeric.
    • Grind until everything blends well and transfer to the serving bowl and mix well with the tempered items.

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    Notes

    • I add mint leaves lastly because, I dont want to grind it smoothly. I want the leaves to be seen as tiny bits as you can see in my chutney. If you want it smooth you can grind everything together as well.
    • (I added turmeric also lastly, but its because I forgot to add before ;))Turmeric is for giving a nice cool green colour.
    • I add milk if my coconut is very dry while grinding.
    • Ginger adds a nice flavour and goes well with mint. So its your choice if you want to add or feel free to skip it.
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    Mint chutney, Pudina chutney method:

    1. Wash the mint leaves and let it retain some water. Heat a pan with oil, season with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Transfer to a serving bowl and in the same pan, add the washed mint leaves and sauté the leaves in medium flame until it just shrinks in volume.

    saute mint leaves

    2. Grind coconut, green chilli, fried gram dal, tamarind, ginger (if using) and salt with little water, lastly add mint leaves and turmeric.

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    3. Grind until everything blends well and transfer to the serving bowl and mix well with the tempered items.

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    Serve with Idli or dosa or like me you can have it with paniyarams too 😍

    pudina chutney
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Prathibha

      October 08, 2012 at 3:49 am

      I love mint chutney and I make it quite often for idli/dosas..

      Reply
    2. Jyoti Agrawal

      October 08, 2012 at 3:53 am

      Love this recipe . Will surely give it try.

      Jyoti

      Reply
    3. Divya Kudua

      October 08, 2012 at 3:55 am

      Love the last picture-pudina chutney with paniyaram makes for a great dish!

      Reply
    4. sowmya's creative saga

      October 08, 2012 at 4:33 am

      My hubby's favourite ..looks so good.

      Reply
    5. jeyashrisuresh

      October 08, 2012 at 4:54 am

      Never tried chutney with mint ,as many times i run of fresh mint leaves.Super tempting clicks and simple chutney too. Varsha loves green color chutney. Will make for her one day

      Reply
    6. Sangeetha Nambi

      October 08, 2012 at 4:59 am

      Love this ever...
      http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

      Reply
    7. Premalatha Aravindhan

      October 08, 2012 at 5:28 am

      My fav chutney but HD doesn't like it:)so i will make this occasionally...

      Reply
    8. Satya

      October 08, 2012 at 6:11 am

      my family love to try different types of chutney with idly ,dosa ...this chutney looks awesome ...thanks for sharing ,i will surely try next time.
      Super Yummy Recipes

      Reply
    9. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      October 08, 2012 at 7:41 am

      love the pictures!!! espescially the ones with the appam!! perfect combo!!! And I love both versions of the chutney!!
      Sowmya
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    10. Shobha Kamath

      October 08, 2012 at 8:53 am

      Nice pics ! Chutney too looks good.

      Reply
    11. Shama Nagarajan

      October 08, 2012 at 11:35 am

      delicious ...

      Reply
    12. Sudha Sabarish

      October 08, 2012 at 12:56 pm

      Mint chutney with coconut is a nice one.Need to try.

      Reply
    13. Anonymous

      October 08, 2012 at 2:27 pm

      Hi Raks,

      I am prathiba from "The indian food court". Your mint chutney is really nice and the appam pictorial is also perfect. I love the combination. Do visit my blog .

      Reply
    14. Sharmilee! :)

      October 08, 2012 at 2:59 pm

      Flavourful and aromatic chutney.....anytime fav with idlis!

      Reply
    15. Veena Theagarajan

      October 08, 2012 at 3:04 pm

      Raks, Super chutney.. I love Mint.. goes well with any dish even chappathi
      great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

      Reply
    16. VineelaSiva

      October 08, 2012 at 3:16 pm

      Wow yummy chutney goes nice with the paniyaar.

      Reply
    17. Priya

      October 08, 2012 at 6:59 pm

      Can have two more idlies with this flavourful chutney.

      Reply
    18. Sushma Madhuchandra

      October 08, 2012 at 10:28 pm

      I too make this chutney often with idli & dosa!

      Reply
    19. divya

      October 09, 2012 at 12:42 am

      wooow....drooling here..Looks awesome n so tempting!!!

      Reply
    20. Madhavi

      October 09, 2012 at 1:24 am

      Super yummmm!!!

      http://vegetarianmedley.blogspot.com/

      Reply
    21. Sanoli Ghosh

      October 09, 2012 at 2:58 am

      Can feel the aroma of this yummy chutney..

      Reply
    22. Yadhunandhan

      October 09, 2012 at 11:19 am

      The recepie is amazing and the photography takes the first prize! Kudos to the Photographer that adds value to your blog! All the best!

      Reply
    23. Archana

      October 09, 2012 at 1:18 pm

      Delicious chutney. Love your pics.

      Reply
    24. Sangeetha

      October 09, 2012 at 9:00 pm

      Mint chutney is my fav n loved your version...platter looks very inviting!!

      Reply
    25. Reshmi Mahesh

      October 10, 2012 at 3:27 am

      Flavorful yummy chutney...Lovely presentation..

      Reply
    26. Unknown

      October 14, 2012 at 4:43 pm

      Raks.. Tried this & it was simple yet very tasty.. 🙂

      Reply
    27. raaji

      October 14, 2012 at 11:28 pm

      my fav chutney for idly/dosa..really awesome taste when mint added to coconut

      Reply
    28. u9

      October 31, 2012 at 5:50 pm

      You are a fine cook 🙂 GOD bless your soul.

      |/

      Reply
    29. liju thomas

      May 04, 2013 at 12:50 pm

      We tried this mint chutney this morning & it was extremely good for dosa,searching for words to express the taste & we totally loved it with dosa.
      By this we tried two versions of ur mint chutney,both were sooooooo good.
      Your recipes are very tasty and we like to try more from ur webspace.
      Thanks for sharing this recipe.

      Reply
    30. Thavamani Ramasamy

      November 12, 2013 at 12:59 pm

      I am not good at chutneys or any typical Indian Food. Today I have tried Mint Chutney with idly, too delicious. Anyway, I have substituted tamarind with 3/4 of tomato. Thank to my sister who has recommended me for Rak's Kitchen.

      Reply
    31. swetha panneer selvam

      November 18, 2013 at 3:11 pm

      I love mint chutney and this way of preparation adds on to it......

      Reply
    32. dav

      August 28, 2014 at 2:35 am

      thank you mam was delicious keep helping us this way

      Reply
    33. Suguna R

      November 21, 2014 at 7:49 am

      Hi Raks , Tks for delicious chutneys. Can I check how long can leftover chutneys be kept in the fridge?

      Reply
    34. Raks anand

      November 21, 2014 at 7:53 am

      if you grind today, only next day it can best keep good. That too, you have to handle properly.

      Reply
    35. sundar maggi

      February 04, 2015 at 6:35 am

      I tried this chutney today and it came out well. Thanks raks!!!

      Reply
    36. viswanathan narayanaiyersubhramanyashastri

      November 03, 2015 at 11:06 am

      I have made a small addition . I sauté one large onion with the chillies (3only ) , with ginger and tamarind ball , size of a goose berry , cumin seeds , asfoetida and do it till onion becomes translucent . Then put this after cooling in the nixie add grated coconut , pottukadalai as suggested in the original menu , one teaspoon of grated gud , and half a teaspoon of dry mango powder and grind well after adding required salt . There after add mint finally and just do it a bit course may be ten to fifteen seconds in the nixie . Take it out and season with mustard , Urad dal and curry leaves . That also tastes quite good

      Reply
    37. Unknown

      December 30, 2015 at 1:51 am

      Looks gud .
      But I add a small addition , urad dal fried seperatly without oil and dry red chilli, then adding oil with that onion , tomato, ginger,curry leaves,coriander leaves, tamarind,and then at last added pudina leaves, fry it , allow it to cool and then add coconut and grind it . goes very well for idly, dosa and chapatti.

      Reply
    38. Annu

      April 07, 2016 at 10:05 am

      Tried this chutney, was very tasty.

      Reply
    39. htcqwerty89

      April 11, 2016 at 7:30 am

      Hi Raji,

      Have been following your blog for a long time now. Inspired by the effort you put in and your style of cooking. Made this chutney to have with idli today, all of us loved it. Wanted to share what happened at my place today. We are generally not fans of pudina chutney but we gobbled extra idlies with chutney. It was that good. Thank you for all your recipes and for inspiring me to cook 🙂

      Mythreyi

      Reply
    40. jacky

      March 02, 2019 at 11:52 am

      hi raks
      tried the oats dosa recipe today they
      came up really good and the pudina
      chutney was simply lip smacking
      my family has asked me to make it very
      often.thank you.

      Reply
    41. Rohini Raj

      March 13, 2020 at 8:43 am

      Tried this today and it was very tasty!

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        March 14, 2020 at 9:46 am

        Thank you so much 🙂

        Reply

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