Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:

• coconut (grated) 1 cup
  
• green chili 1 or 2 numbers
  
• ginger and garlic paste 1/2 table-spoon
  
• chopped small onion (chinna vengayam) 5 to 7 numbers
  
• black mustard seed (kadugu) 1/2 table-spoon
  
• salt as required
  

Method:

First, make the coconut thuvaiyal. I.e. Grind the coconut, green chili, ginger and garlic paste, and salt (as required) to get the paste.

Take a pan, pour 1 table-spoon of oil and fry some black mustard seed (kadugu). Add the chopped small onion into the pan and fry it for few minutes. Add the paste made. Heat the paste for 3-5 minutes.

Coconut chutney is ready. It can be served for idlies, dosas and ven pongal.

Note:
If ready-made ginger and garlic paste is not available, use two flakes of garlic and a marble sized ginger.