Green Coconut Chutney (Maharashtrian Style Coconut Chutney)

 This beautiful fresh green Chutney is fragrant and makes a great accompaniment for breads of all kinds. This is Maharashtrian style coconut chutney.

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Ingredients:

Fresh scraped or grated coconut- 1 to 1 ¼ cup (1 med size)

Garlic- 6 cloves

Fresh coriander leaves, chopped- a handful

Green chillies - 3 to 5 (as per your taste)

Fresh curry leaves- 1 stem 

Sugar- ½ tsp

Salt to taste
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp

Water- approx ½ cup 

Mustard seeds- 1 tsp

Asafetida (Hing) - ¼ tsp

Oil- 1 tbsp

Use fresh ingredients, do not use frozen.

Method 1:

Grind the grated coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic, 7-8 curry leaves, cumin seeds, sugar and salt, into a paste by adding about half a cup of water. 

Method 2:

Grind the grated coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves, 7-8 curry leaves, sugar and salt, into a paste by adding about half a cup of water. 

Heat a in a small pan or tadaka pan. Add the cumin seeds, hing and let them splutter. Add 5-6 curry leaves and toss them about for few seconds. Remove from heat and add in chutney. 

Method 3:

Grind the grated coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic, 7-8 curry leaves, cumin seeds, sugar and salt, into a paste by adding about half a cup of water. 

Heat a in a small pan or tadaka pan. Add the mustard seeds, hing and let them splutter. Add 5-6 curry leaves and toss them about for few seconds. Remove from heat and add this tadaka in chutney. 

Serve Green coconut chutney with dosa, idli, medu-vada, uthappa, pakoda, paratha, batata-vada, ghavan etc or even in a Maharastrian thali/meal as side.

When you are serving this chutney with meal or Maharastrian snacks like batata-vada, keep it thick. Grind with little water. Don't add tadaka.

Variations:

# You can add lemon juice of half lemon for tangy taste.

# You can add ¼ cup of yogurt (curd) instead of lemon juice. 
    Just add 2 chilies more to balance spiciness .

# You can use coconut water instead of water for twist in taste.