Hotel style coconut chutney is a scrumptious and very easy to make side dish that can be prepared with handful ingredients. Yes regular coconut chutney recipe tweaked bit by adding sauteed onion, ginger and chili while grinding elevates the taste, color and flavor of the chutney – same as the one we relish at restaurant. You could also try adding little tamarind to the recipe for even different version but we like it this way, so thought to share this basic chutney recipe with you guys. I keep sharing big, complicated and innovative recipes but forget to share such simple and basic recipes most of the time, so here is one yummy hotel style coconut chutney recipe. Serve this chutney with recipes like these:
- Sweet idli/ Olaiappam
- Sprouted moong idli
- Quinoa idli
- Bajra/ Kambu idli
- Jowar/ Sorghum idli
- Broken corn idli
- Basmati rice idli
- Barnyard millet idli
- Black rice idli
- Pacharisi idli recipe, Raw rice idli
- Instant Pot idli
- Masala mini idli
- Ragi idli
- Urad dal idli/ Aviri kududmu
- Millet ven pongal
- Green gram dal pongal
- Corn dosa
- Beetroot dosa
- Benne dosa, Davangere benne dosa, Butter dosa
- Vallarai keerai dosai recipe, Brahmi leaves dosa
- Jini Dosa
Instant version:
- Oats idli
- Dhokla with idli batter
- Instant rice flour idli
- Instant sooji idli
- Palak rava idli
- Jowar oats Idli
- Wheat punugulu
- Prawn masala vadai
- Vazhai poo vada
- Plantain bajji
- Medhu vada
- Keerai masala vadai
- Stuffed chilli bajji
- Mirchi bajji
- Black urad dal vada
- Kadamba bajji
Did you see that never ending list that this chutney can be relished with so do try it at and let me know your feedback. So let’s get to the making of Hotel style coconut chutney.
- 1. Grated coconut – ½ cup
- 2. Fried gram dal/ Pottukadalai – 2 tbsp (heaped)
- 3. Onion – 3 tbsp (chopped)
- 4. Ginger – 1 small chunk
- 5. Green chilli – 2
- 6. Oil – 2 tsp
- 1. Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
- 2. Urad dal – 1 tsp
- 3. Curry leaves – a sprig
- 4. Dry red chilli - 2
- 5. Hing – few pinches
- 6. Oil – 2 tsp
- * 1 cup = 235 ml
- Heat oil in a small pan, to it add ginger chunks, chopped onion and green chili. Saute until onion turns soft. This should take about a minute or 2. When onion turns soft, put off the flame and allow the mixture to cool down.
- In blender/mixie add grated coconut, gram dal/ pottukadalai, green chili, sauteed onions, green chili and ginger and salt. Grind it to chutney consistency by adding little water.
- Heat a small pan with oil and add dry red chilli, mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and hing. When dal turns golden brown put off the flame and add it to the chutney. Serve it with idly, ven pongal , dosa or dish of your choice.
How to make Hotel style coconut chutney with step by step images
- Heat oil in a small pan, to it add ginger chunks, chopped onion and green chili. Saute until onion turns soft. This should take about a minute or 2. When onion turns soft, put off the flame and allow the mixture to cool down. In blender/mixie add grated coconut, gram dal/ pottukadalai, green chili, sauteed onions, green chili and ginger and salt. Grind it to chutney consistency by adding little water.
- Heat a small pan with oil and add dry red chilli, mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and hing. When dal turns golden brown put off the flame and add it to the chutney. Serve it with idly, ven pongal, dosa or dish of your choice.