The Delicious Side Dish Companion: Jain-Style Red Coconut Chutney

Jain-style Red Coconut chutney is a yummy chutney recipe of the Jain cuisine which has a tangy and spicy flavour. Try this simple recipe & relish the experience of main course dish and side dish with your dear ones!

• Total Time: 30m
• Preparation Time: 10m
• Calories: 151
• Servings: 8

Ingredients for Jain-style Red Coconut Chutney:

• chana dal — six tsp
• dry red chili — ten
• lemon juice — one tsp
• water as needed
• chopped tomato — one
• grated coconut — one cup
• salt as needed
• black pepper as needed

For Tempering:

• mustard seeds — one tsp
• curry leaves — 15
• Asafoetida — one pinch
• cumin seeds — one tsp
• refined oil — two tsp
• Ghee — two tbsp

How to prepare Jain-style Red Coconut Chutney:

Step 1) To begin with, take a non-stick vessel & dry roast broken red chillies till they splutter. Now, drop chana dal & dry roast in for a few mins.

Step 2) Then, drop grated coconut and chopped tomatoes. Combine them & cook till tomatoes are smooth & tender. Season with black pepper and salt. Mix properly & cook for one more mins.

Step 3) Detach from the burner & allow it to cool for around 8–10 mins. Now, pour lemon juice & mix it properly while adding little quantity of water.

Step 4) Place the mixture to a blender jar & blend properly to prepare a fine puree. Now, heat oil into a non-stick vessel & once the oil is sufficiently hot, drop mustard seeds into it & let them splutter.

Step 5) Now, include urad dal & cook it till golden brown in the colour. Then, drop asafoetida, cumin seeds & curry leaves and cook for a while. Combine it properly & pout this tempering on the blended puree.

Step 6) Combine the puree properly to incorporate the tempering properly with the puree. Put the chutney to a vessel & have it along with roti, bread or paratha of your liking.