Idly & Fried Coconut Chutney

Every day begins with Idly or Dosai in Tamilnadu. In our house my mom used to make different varieties of chutneys; one of the chutney is this fried coconut chutney. I consider myself a specialist in making chutneys. My brother is crazy about the chutney that I make. When I went on vacation to Indian last April my brother made a special request to make this chutney. I thought I will share this simple yet very yummy chutney with you guys.
Ingredients for the Chutney:
1cup Grated Coconut
3 Green Chillies or dry chilies
1tbsp Channa Dal
1 Small onion
1 Small tomato
Small Ginger
4 Curry leaves
Oil
Salt for taste








For tempering/tadka/thalikka:
1tbsp Oil
1tsp Mustard seeds
1/2tsp Urad dal
3 Curry leaves
Instruction
1. Pre-heat the oil the Kadai & put channa dal fry till golden brown. Add the chopped onion, ginger and chillis fry for 7-8mts.
2. Now, put the tomato, curry leaves, salt and fry for 5mts and then grated coconut. Fry the coconut for 5mts.









4. Grind the fry coconut & pour in a vessel.
5. Now pre-heat the oil in the same pan and splutter the mustard seed, urad dal, and curry leaves and pour into the vessel.
6. Fried coconut chutney is ready you can serve with idle and dosa.
For Idly:
1. Soak 1 glass of rice and 1/4 to 1/2 cup of urad dal at least for 4 hours and grind them in the grinder.put salt to the batter and whip it and keep it for at least 5-6 hours.
2. The batter rises in 4-5 hours. You can make idly using the Idly vessel.