Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Dill ~ Coconut ~ Roasted gram Chutney

Other names - Sabakki soppu ~ Thenga ~ Pottukadalai Chutney / Dill leaves ~ Thenga ~ Pottukadalai Chutney

Prep Time: 15 min

Serves: 2 to 3


Ingredients
  1. Fresh grated coconut - 1/4 cup
  2. Roasted gram - 1/2 cup
  3. Dill leaves (roughly chopped) - 1/4 cup
  4. Green chillies (broken) - 2 to 3
  5. Fresh tender ginger (sliced) - 1/2 inch piece
  6. Tamarind extract (optional) - 2 tbsp
  7. Water - 1/4 cup
  8. Salt - to taste
For seasoning
  1. Sesame oil/Gingelly oil - 2 tsp
  2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
  3. Split urad dhal - 1 tsp
  4. Curry leaves - few
  5. Broken dry red chilly - 1
Method
  1. Wash dill leaves in water for about three to four times.
  2. Grind all the above mentioned ingredients to a smooth paste adding quarter cup water.
  3. Serve either as such or seasoned, along with akki roti, idli, dosa varieties, chapathis, phulkas, rotis & pooris.
NOTE
  • I have skipped the seasoning here due to lack of time :)
  • Always use the small dry grinding jar of the mixie to prepare chutneys.

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