Summer days in coastal Karnataka makes you ask for only light food. The temperature & humidity there makes one sweat anytime of the day. Boiled rice/ Kuchilakki anna & coconut based side dishes being staple of the place, boiled rice with the liquid starch becomes favorite of many family. Simple chutney of different flavor, pickles & curds is what anyone looks for the lunch. When I mentioned chutney, it will be generally coconut based with some added goodness of mango/ Banana flower/ mango ginger or even chutney made with basic spices like garlic or even urad dal. I am posting one such chutney recipe today – Garlic gatti chutney for Ganji!
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients:
Garlic cloves – 12-14
Freshly grated coconut – ½ cup
Tamarind – gooseberry sized
Dry red chillis – 4-5 , adjust to taste
Salt – 1 tsp, as per taste
Coconut oil – 3 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Method:
Peel off cloves of garlic, keep them ready.
Heat a tadka pan, fry garlic & red chillis with
few drops of oil. until garlics turn brown & chillis are dark red &
fried well.
Take grated coconut in a mixer jar. Add fried chilli
& garlics, salt, tamarind. Grind everything well with little water. Do not
add too much of water. This chutney should not be runny. Grind to make smooth
paste/ chutney.
Transfer to serving bowl. Prepare seasoning of
mustard, minced red chilli (optional), curry leaves in coconut oil. On
spluttering, add to the chutney.
Serve this chutney with hot kuchilakki ganji or kerala matta rice with starch and a dollop of ghee.
Notes:
Garlic can be replaced by 2 tsp of Urad dal after frying
till brown to make urad dal chutney.
If making raw mango chutney, add green chillis (not
fried) instead of red chillis. In this case don’t add tamarind.
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