Coconut Chutney | Thengai Pottukadalai Chutney | Side dish for Dosa or Idli | Chutney Recipes | Easy Coconut Chutney Recipe

Coconut Chutney / Thengai Pottukadalai Chutney is one of the easy and tasty chutney. There are so many varieties of coconut chutney that is prepared in every house hold of Tamil Nadu. Here we are going to see the basic preparation of the coconut chutney that is famous in Tamil Nadu. This post is mostly for the beginners in cooking.

You can check some Chutney Recipes
Pottukadalai Chutney
Groundnut Chutney
Mint Coriander Yogurt Chutney
Carrot Chutney

How to make Coconut Chutney / Thengai chutney with pottukadalai

Preparation time: 8 min | Cook Time: 3 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side Dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients
Coconut  - 1 cup (grated)
Roasted Gram (pottukadalai) - 1/3 cup
Green chillies - 3
Onion - 1 small (optional)
Garlic - 1 clove (optional)
Salt - as per taste
Water - as required

To Temper
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 2 pinch
Urud dal - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few

Method

1. Add the coconut, roasted gram, green chillies, onion, garlic, salt with little water and grind to a coarse paste. If you need, add some more water.

2. The chutney should be not be too thick or too watery. So add water little by little. The consistency should be something as shown below.

3. Now in a small pan, add oil and when hot, add the mustard seeds and when it splutters, add the urud dal and when it is light brown, add the curry leaves and fry for a min.

4. Transfer this tempering to the chutney. 

Easy Coconut Chutney / Thengai Chutney is ready

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Soya Chunks Fry | Meal Maker Fry | How to make Soya Balls Fry | Easy Evening Snacks | Easy Side Dish for Rice

Soya chunks fry or meal maker fry is one of the easiest and tasty fry I can say. When I was working in India my office colleague brought this soya chunks fry and I loved the taste immediately. From that time on wards it has become one of my favorite evening snack and a easy to do snack when I am not in a mood to cook any side dish for rice.

You can find some soya chunks recipes in this blog...
Soya chunks cutlet
Soya balls gravy
Soya chunks Biryani

Let's see how to make the easy soya chunks fry

How to make soya chunks fry / meal maker fry / soya balls fry

Preparation time: 30 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves:3
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

1. Soya chunks - 1 cup

2. Oil - 2 tsp

3. Chilli powder - 3/4 tsp

4. Turmeric powder - 2 pinch

5. Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

6. Salt - as per taste

7. Water for soaking soya chunks

Method

1. Soak the soya balls for 1/2 hour or as mentioned in the packet.

2. Squeeze the water completely and leave it to get dry for 10 min.

3. Now in a vessel or kadai add the oil and when it is hot add the powders and salt and start fryinG it. Keep the flame in low while doing so.

4. Now add the soya balls and start mixing it thoroughly until the balls are coated with the powders. Keep doing for another 6 to 8 min. Keep the flame in medium.

5. Switch off the stove and serve the yummy fry as a side dish or have it as a evening snack.

Notes

You can adjust the spiciness according to your taste.

If you like you can make the tempering by adding mustard seeds, curry leaves and urus dal before adding the powders. I didn't add as I love to make this way. 

Easy and simple soya chunks fry / meal maker fry is ready. 

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