Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena
PrepTime:10 mins MakeTime:5 mins Cuisine:Indian
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Easy Instant Coconut Chutney, is THE quickest of all the chutneys I make. Just transfer everything into the blender and grind it. Tah Dah!
I make it with fresh coconut or desiccated coconut, whichever is available in my kitchen. Where, I follow the same procedure for both. Here, I have given recipes with pics for both the methods.
Most of the times, I start cooking the snack/breakfast and at the end of it, I start with blending this chutney. Its that easy and quick!! And that’s the reason I name it as Instant Basic Coconut Chutney!!

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- Step wise pics Procedure for, ‘South Indian Instant Coconut Chutney’:
- Chutney using Fresh Coconut:
- Chutney using desiccated Coconut:
- Tempering:
- Tips & Storage:
- Result:
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Ingredients:
- Coconut pieces/grate – 1 cup (or) one half of coconut
- Roasted Chana Dal / Putnala Pappu – ½ cup
- Salt – 2 teaspoon
- Tamarind – half of small size lemon
- Green Chillies – 5 (small size)
- Water – 1½ cups
- Fresh Coriander Leaves – 1 teaspoon (for garnish)
Ingredients for Tempering: (optional)
- Cooking Oil – 1 tablespoon
- Urad dal / Minapappu – ½ teaspoon
- Mustard seeds / Aavalu – ¼ teaspoon
- Jeera / Cumin Seeds – ¼ teaspoon
- Dry Red Chillies – 2
- Curry Leaves – 4 to 5
Special Ingredients:
- Roasted Chana Dal / Putnala Pappu
- Tamarind

Step wise pics Procedure for, ‘South Indian Instant Coconut Chutney’:
Chutney using Fresh Coconut:
- Using a knife cut the coconut off the shell into pieces or grate the coconut off the shell.
- Remove the skin of each piece piece carefully with patience. This might take 10 mins. And its optional.
- Take all the ingredients into a blender/mixie jar.
- Get the water boiled in the kettle / on stove top.
- Add the hot boiling water on to the ingredients in the blender / mixie.
- Let it sit for 5 mins and then grind everything into a smooth paste.



Chutney using desiccated Coconut:
- Take all the ingredients into a blender/mixie jar.
- Get the water boiled in the kettle / on stove top.
- Add the hot boiling water on to the ingredients in the blender / mixie.
- Let it sit for 5 mins and then grind it into a smooth paste.


Tempering:
- Take a small frying pan on stove top under medium flame, add all the ‘Ingredients for tempering’ and stir fry them until they turn golden colour.
- Add the tempering to the grind chutney and mix well.
- Transfer the chutney to a serving bowl, garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Done!!

Tips & Storage:
- The colour of this chutney depends upon the colour of the coconut pieces and the amount of tamarind used.
- Prep Time I mentioned is for the grating / cutting the fresh coconut pieces.
- Chutney made with desiccated coconut gives fresh taste only up to a couple of hours.
- You can skip the tempering part in the procedure which doesn’t make a lot of difference with the taste.
- If you prefer to do tempering, be careful not to burn it.
- Adjust the spice and salt as per your taste.
- Use the water quantity as per the chutney consistency you wish to.
- Storage: This chutney stays fresh for a day at room temperature.
- But it tastes OK for 7 days, when stored in fridge.
Result:
- The taste of this, South Indian hotel style, instant coconut chutney is mostly to the sweeter side.
- It’s mainly used as an accompaniment with South Indian breakfast items like Idli, Dosa, Uthappam, Fritters or as a dip for any fried/baked savoury snacks.
- As shown in pic below, we had this simple chutney as an accompaniment with Plain dosa made with just 2 ingredients.

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White Coconut Chutney Recipe for Idli, Dosa
Equipment
- 1 Blender/ Spice Grinder/ Mixie.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Coconut pieces/grate – 1 cup (or) one half of coconut
- ½ cup Roasted Chana Dal / Putnala Pappu
- 2 teaspoon Salt
- ½ of small lemon Tamarind
- 4 to 5 count Green Chillies (small size)
- 1½ cups Water
- 1 teaspoon Fresh Coriander Leaves (for garnish)
Ingredients for Tempering:
- 1 tablespoon Cooking Oil
- ½ teaspoon Urad dal / Minapappu
- ¼ teaspoon Mustard seeds / Aavalu
- ¼ teaspoon Jeera / Cumin Seeds
- 2 count Dry Red Chillies
- 4 to 5 count Curry Leaves
Instructions
Using Fresh Coconut:
- Using a knife cut the coconut off the shell into pieces or grate the coconut off the shell.Remove the skin of each piece piece carefully with patience. This might take 10 mins. Skin removal is optional.
- Take all the ingredients into a blender/mixie jar. Get the water boiled in the kettle / on stove top. Add the hot boiling water on to the ingredients in the blender / mixie. Let it sit for 5 mins and then grind everything into a smooth paste.
Using Desiccated Coconut:
- Take all the ingredients into a blender/mixie jar. Get the water boiled in the kettle / on stove top. Add the hot boiling water on to the ingredients in the blender / mixie.Let it sit for 5 mins and then grind it into a smooth paste.
Tempering:
- Take a small frying pan on stove top under medium flame, add all the 'Ingredients for tempering'. Stir fry them until they turn golden colour. Add the tempering to the grind chutney and mix well. Transfer the chutney to a serving bowl, garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Done!!
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Delicious chutney ! I could imagine the wonderful flavor of coriander leaves !!
Thank you so much! Ya… 🙂