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Coconut Chutney
South Indian coconut chutney with roasted gram and optional tempering.

About Coconut Chutney
Swasthi Shreekanth’s basic hotel-style coconut chutney is a South Indian condiment built around fresh coconut and roasted gram. This profile selects the garlic and green-chilli version from her basic recipe.
Cumin and salt season the coconut, with optional lemon juice and coriander for acidity and herbal flavour. The optional tempering brings mustard, curry leaves and oil, with red chilli, hing and urad dal also offered.
The chutney is smooth and thick, with its consistency governed by water. Idli is the selected named accompaniment from the original breakfast serving options.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Mustard.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Coconut Chutney
Swasthi’s basic South Indian hotel-style coconut chutney.
- Fresh grated coconutBase
- Roasted split chana dalBaseIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- Green chilliesAromatic
- SaltSeasoning
- Cumin seedsSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Lemon juiceSeasoning · Optional additions · Optional
- Coriander leavesAromatic · Optional additions · Optional
- OilCooking medium · Optional tempering · Optional
- Mustard seedsSeasoning · Optional tempering · Optional
- Dried red chilliSeasoning · Optional tempering · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Curry leavesAromatic · Optional tempering · Optional
- Hing (asafoetida)Seasoning · Optional tempering · Optional
- Split urad dalSeasoning · Optional tempering · Optional
- IdliAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Roasted split chana dal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Original fried gram/roasted Bengal gram choice; not peanut substitute.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected over ginger.
- Green chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cumin seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lemon juice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional selected acidity rather than tamarind.
- Coriander leaves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional herb selected over mint.
- Oil (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Whole tempering optional; kind unspecified.
- Mustard seeds (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Mustard source-confirmed. Only present with selected optional tempering.
- Dried red chilli (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional component of optional tempering.
- Curry leaves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Whole tempering optional.
- Hing (asafoetida) (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional tempering ingredient; full powder/carrier formula unknown.
- Split urad dal (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional tempering ingredient.
- Idli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected named prepared breakfast side; exact batter/fermentation formula not supplied.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- India
- MauritiusCatalogue link pending review
- Trinidad and TobagoCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- South Indian Cuisine
- Mauritian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Indo-Trinidadian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.