Walnut Chutney|Side dish For Idli,Dosa
Walnut Chutney|Side dish For Idli,Dosa is a quick and easy healthy chutney and great side for idli, dosa, upma or pongal
Servings 3
Calories 186kcal
Ingredients
Measuring cup used 1 cup = 250ml
- ½ cup grated coconut (fresh or frozen)
- ¼ cup raw walnuts
- 3 green chilies
- ½ inch ginger
- ½ inch tamarind
- 1 stalk curry leaves
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves
- water as needed to grind
For Tempering (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon oil
- ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ¼ teaspoon split urad dal
- a pinch asafetida (hing)
- few curry leaves optional
Instructions
- Take freshly grated coconut, raw walnuts, green chili, ginger, coriander leaves, curry leaves, tamarind, and salt in a mixer jar, grind to a fine paste using water.
- Prepare the tempering by heating a little oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, split urad dal, hing, and curry leaves, wait for urad dal to brown a bit, and pour this tempering over the chutney and mix.
- Serve with idli, Dosa, Adai, Upma or panniyarams.
Notes
Variation :
- You may use any nuts in the place of walnuts like soaked almonds, peanuts or cashews work too.
- I usually add curry leaves while grinding itself so that complete nutrition of curry leaves is intaken.
- You can skip ginger.
- You can try using red chilies instead of green chilies.
- Add more green chilies for spicy chutney.
- You may add a few mint (pudina) leaves too.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 156mg | Potassium: 130mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 36IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg