Pudina Chutney

Recipe sourced:rakskitchen.net 

Recooked by:@kim_kimberly1509

Ingredients:

3/4 cup loosely packed mint leaves

1/2 cup ~ 3/4 cup freshly grated coconut

6 green chilies

1 tbsp fried gram dhal (pottukadalai) 

A generous pinch tamarind 

1 small piece ginger (optional) 

1/4 tsp turmeric

3/4 tsp salt

Ingredients "to temper":

1 tsp oil

3/4 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal

Method:

Wash the mint leaves and let it retain some water. 

Heat a pan with oil, season with items given to temper. 

Transfer to serving bowl and with same pan, add the washed mint leaves and saute the mint leaves in medium flame until it just shrink in volume. 

Grind coconut, green chilies, fried gram dhal, tamarind, ginger if using and salt with little water. 

Lastly add mint leaves and turmeric. 

Grind until everything blend well and transfer to serving bowl and mix well with tempered items. 

Serve with idli, dosa and paniyarams too. 

Rakskitchen.net tips:

Adding mint leaves lastly not become too smooth. If you want smooth can grind together. 

Turmeric will give a nice cool green cour. 

You can add milk if your coconut is very dry while grinding. 

Ginger add a nice favour and goes well with mint.