Sunday, May 4, 2008

Coconut peanut chutney

Chutney’s popular in every Andhra Home. Chutney is a substitute for Curry at Dinner, or an addition to breakfast. Oh! With out chutney how can one have the break fast in Andhra?

Ingredients:-

Coconut 1/2

Peanuts 2 cups

Red chillies or green chillis 6

Salt as required

Tamarind 1 tsp paste

Oil 1 tsp

Seasoning :-

chenna dhal 1 spoon

urad dhal 1 spoon

mustard seeds 1 spoon

hing pinch

Jeera ½ spoon

red chilli pieces 2

curry leaves few

Preparation:-

Grate the coconut or cut into small pieces. In a small pan fry the peanuts on medium heat until raw smell goes away. Add the red chillies and fry for 2 more minutes. Grind the coconut, peanut, red chillies, salt and tamarind. Heat oil in a pan and add chenna dal, urad dal, jeera, mustard seeds, red chillies, pinch of hing and curry leaves. Finally mustard seeds ,add this to the grounded coconut chutney. That’s it . tasty coconut and peanuts chutney is ready this is suitable for dosa, and rice.

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