Roasted Gram / Pottukadalai Coconut Chutney

It’s a simple and awesome dish with idli and dosa. Normally we can taste this chutney in hotels and road side shops. It gives the unique taste. Pottukadalai gives thick consistency to this dish. If you want you can add little water to it. This goes well with pongal, upma, kichadi, uthappam, idli and dosa…

Ingredients

Roasted gram / Pottukadalai – 1/2 cup

Grated Coconut – ½ cup

Red Dry Chilli – 5

Tamarind Pulp – ½ tsp

Chopped Ginger – 2 tsp

Shallots / Small onions - 5

Salt to taste

To Temper

Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp

Urad Dal – ½ tsp

Curry Leaves – few

Coriander Leaves – 2 tsp

Oil – 1 ½ tsp

Method

In a pan heat ½ tsp of oil, add red chill and chopped ginger and roast it well.

Let it cool down and grind this along with coconut, tamarind, small onions, salt. Add water to get the desired consistency.

In a pan, heat 1 tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and coriander leaves.