Radish chutney is a tasty and healthy chutney made with white radish (daikon radish), fresh coconut , dry red chillies and cumin seeds . It's very easy to make and gets ready under 30 minutes. This is a vegan and gluten free recipe.
Course Accompaniment, Chutney, Side Dish
Cuisine India
Keyword Basic, Chutney, Gluten Free, No Onion , No Garlic, Vegan
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 5
Calories 52kcal
Author Muktha H S
Ingredients
To make radish chutney
2cupswhite radishgrated
⅓cupfresh coconut
4-5no's dry red chillies ( 4 spice chilli + 1 byadgi chilli for color)
1teaspooncumin seeds
1teaspooncooking oil
1tablespoonroasted gram
½teaspoontamarind pulpsmall marble size
salt to taste
For Tempering
½tablespoonoil or clarified butter
½teaspoonmustard seeds
½teaspooncumin seeds
1spring curry leaves
1-2no'sdry red chilly
2pinchesasafoetida
Instructions
Preparations
Trim edges of radish (mooli), peel skin, grate and set aside.
To make radish chutney
Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a pan, add dry red chillies, cumin seeds and roast for 2-3 minutes on low heat.
Add fresh grated coconut and continue to roast until coconut aroma wafts in air.
Now add in grated radish and sauté on high heat for 2-3 minutes just to take off the raw smell of radish.
Finally add tamarind and roasted gram, sauté for a minute and turn off the stove.
Let radish cool down completely. Transfer into a blender, add salt to taste and blend. Note: Don’t add water to blend
To temper
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil, add mustard seeds. When it crackles add cumin seeds , curry leaves , dry red chillies and asafoetida.
Pour over the prepared chutney and serve with idli , set dosa , chapati , akki roti or ragi roti .
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Notes
Fresh coconut is used in this recipe to give thickness to the chutney . As an alternative , you can swap fresh coconut with 2 tablespoon of chana dal and 1.5 tablespoon of urad dal in this recipe.
If you feel radish smell overpowers you , you can decreasse the amount of grated radish from 2 cups to 1.5 cups in this recipe.