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    Home » By Category » Chutneys & Condiments » Chutney~Pachadi

    Published: Aug 22, 2011 · Modified: Dec 28, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Tomato Coconut Chutney

    For the last day of the marathon, I made another condiment, tomato coconut chutney. I saw this chutney on yesterday's Sanjeev Kapoor’s Khana Khazana. I tuned into the show just before it concluded and he had a South Indian specials and this tomato thokku (as he called it) was part of the menu. I usually make tomato chutney with peanuts and/or sesame seeds but never with coconut. I don’t have any fresh coconut or frozen coconut but lots and lots of desiccated coconut. I don’t even remember why I bought it. I thought of using it all up and decided to substitute fresh coconut with the desiccated coconut and made this chutney. I was not sure how it would taste and to my surprise, it turned out pretty good. I modified the recipe a little to suite my taste buds.

    Before getting to the recipe, let me recap the recipes I have posted thus far for this marathon. For this marathon, I chose to do two themes; cooking with 5 or less ingredients and condiments. Here is the list of recipes.

    Theme: Cooking with 5 or less ingredients
    Day 1 - Zucchini Rice
    Day 2 - Microwave Cooking: Kalakand
    Day 3 - Dondakaya Perugu Pachadi ~ Ivy Gourd in Mustard Yogurt Dressing
    Day 4 - Chickpeas Salad

    Theme: Condiments
    Day 5 - Carrot Cauliflower Pachadi
    Day 6 - Coconut Garlic Powder
    Day 7 - Tomato Coconut Chutney

    Bowl of tomato coconut chutney.

    Adapted from: Sanjeev Kapoor
    Total Time: 15 minutes (excludes cooling time)
    Preparation: 5 - 7 minutes
    Cooking Time: 8 - 10 minutes
    Serves: 2-4

    Ingredients:

    • 2 tbsp. Oil
    • ½ tsp. Mustard Seeds
    • ½ tsp. Cumin Seeds
    • ½ tsp. Urad Dal
    • 5-6 Curry Leaves
    • 3 Dry Red Chilies (each 2 – 2 ½“long and adjust to heat tolerance level)
    • Turmeric
    • 1 ½ tbsp. Chopped Ginger
    • 2 Garlic Cloves
    • 2 medium Tomatoes or 1 cup (heaped) chopped Tomatoes
    • 1 tsp. Salt (adjust to taste)
    • 2 tbsp. chopped Cilantro
    • 3 tbsp. fresh or frozen grated Coconut (I had neither and used dry desiccated coconut)
    Screen shot of the recipe from television.

    Preparation:

    • Take a pan and heat oil in it. When the oil is hot, add the seeds and let them pop.
    • Add curry leaves, dry chilies and let them roast. Add turmeric.
    • Remove pan from the stove, take 1 or 2 tsps oil from the pan and keep it aside in a bowl. Also keep aside few seeds and couple of curry leaves from the pan.   This step is to skip he tadka later.  If one wishes, they can skip this step and do the tadka again.
    • Put the pan back on the stove. Add ginger, garlic and sauté for a few seconds.
    • Add tomatoes, salt and mix well. Cover the pan and cook until tomatoes are mushy. This should take about 3-5 minutes.
    • Add cilantro, mix well and turn off the heat.
    • Add grated coconut, mix well and let the mixture cool.
    • Take the mixture into a blender jar and grind it to paste. You may not need additional  water as tomatoes release lot of juices when cooking. But, if required, do add some water to grind the chutney.
    • Transfer to a serving bowl, add the tadka.
    • Serve it idli, dosa or your favorite tiffin. Served mine with rice.

    This day in 2008: Orange Basundi

    Event Entries: This is my entry to Srivalli's Condiment Mela

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    1. khushi says

      October 12, 2011 at 7:28 am

      simple yet delicious chutney....this month i m hosting the kerala kitchen event....do visit my space and participate...
      Event: Kerala Kitchen
      looking forward to ur participation

      Reply
    2. Vijitha says

      August 24, 2011 at 2:42 pm

      Simple and easy chutney!

      Reply
    3. sayantani says

      August 24, 2011 at 11:48 am

      I love this chutney...beautiful colour.

      Reply
    4. Suma Gandlur says

      August 23, 2011 at 4:22 pm

      Looks very colrful, Usha.

      Reply
    5. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

      August 23, 2011 at 12:02 pm

      wow, love it and I like how you have shown the tv screenshot, amazing idea 🙂

      Reply
    6. chitra says

      August 23, 2011 at 6:32 am

      this combo is new to me. will give a try.

      Reply
    7. Srivalli says

      August 23, 2011 at 4:35 am

      hhahh...that screen looks so nice Usha, it was wonderful having you join us for the BM and I enjoyed all your posts...Must say your pictures were so tempting!..:)

      and yes thanks for the condiment entries..

      Reply
    8. Notyet100 says

      August 23, 2011 at 3:54 am

      Chutney looks delicious 🙂

      Reply
    9. Priya says

      August 23, 2011 at 3:10 am

      Delicious chutney, can have two more idlis with this..

      Reply
    10. nirmala says

      August 23, 2011 at 12:04 am

      Looks delicious!!!Will try out soon

      Reply
    11. Kalyani says

      August 22, 2011 at 11:21 pm

      Lovely pic Usha ! mouthwatering !

      Cheers
      Kalyani
      New Event: Fasting Foods – Vrat ka Khaana Special
      Event: healthy Lunchbox ideas – Carrots – all this August

      Reply
    12. vaishali sabnani says

      August 22, 2011 at 10:16 pm

      lip smacking...awsum chutney..n a lovely click:)

      Reply
    13. harini-jaya says

      August 22, 2011 at 10:06 pm

      a killer combination, so to say!! I don't think this combo can go wrong!! Awesome color!!

      Reply
    14. Pavani says

      August 22, 2011 at 9:36 pm

      Tomato & coconut chutney is definitely a new combination to me.. Looks delicious.

      Reply

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