Coconut Chutney

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Coconut Chutney will go with Dosas (See recipe a posts above).

You need...

1 coconut
3 table spoons of gram dhal (available from Asian shops)
1 green chilli (maybe 2 if you need it spicy)
half table-spoon mustard seeds
2 table-spoons oil
one-fourths tea spoon salt
one-fourths table spoon asafoetida powder (optional)

Chop the chillies.

Heat oil in a frying pan. When Oil is hot add mustard, asafoetida and gram dhal. Roast on medium flame till gram dhal turns brown. Now transfer this to a blender.

Add chunks of coconut, chillies and salt into the blender (along with the mixture made above) and blend them all together. Add water based on the desired consistency (it is not supposed to be like a paste). Transfer this to a bowl. It is now ready to be served.

This can also be served with lemon rice, tomato bhath etc. Most south-Indians stricty use coconut chutney with dosas, but I like it even with rice.