Dudhi Chutney

Ingredients

Dudhi - 1/4 Kg
Green Chilli - 5-6 (depends upon how spicy you want)
Garlic - 6-7 pieces
Jeera - 1 tbsp
Tamarind/Lemon - 1 flake (depends upon how khatta you want)
Salt to taste
Turmeric - 1/2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure

Take the oil in a frying pane and shallow fry the dudhi pieces untill golden brown (till the edges are a little fried in oil). Fry on very low flame to make them a little soft. Add jeera, chilli pieces & turmeric to the pane and fry for 8-10 min. This will shallow fry jeera and chilli pieces along with the coconut.

Put this in a grinder/mixture jar. Add to this the garlic flakes, salt to taste, tamarind/lemon and water (very little for easy grinding/mixing). Grind for 3-5 min under medium speed of the grinder/mixture. Add coriander to this and grind once (This is purely for taste purpose, if you want).

And hurray! your coconut chutney is ready.One last step, though! Put some oil in a frying pane and add couple of pulses along with red chilli (dry) and some Curry Leaves (Kadipatta). Fry this for a minute and then add the chutney and fry to a minute. And your chutney is ready for serving. We call this as "Tadka Lagana".

Author's Note
This chutney goes very well as a side dish while main meals. It's equally well with chapatis and rice items. Served with plain dal, this makes a beautiful combination. This chutney has to be consumed in a day or two (should be stored in freeze if for more than one day).