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Radish Chutney Recipe

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 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 5
Calories 52kcal
Author Muktha H S

Ingredients

To make radish chutney

  • 2 cups white radish grated
  • cup fresh coconut
  • 4-5 no's dry red chillies ( 4 spice chilli + 1 byadgi chilli for color)
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cooking oil
  • 1 tablespoon roasted gram
  • ½ teaspoon tamarind pulp small marble size
  • salt to taste

For Tempering

  • ½ tablespoon oil or clarified butter
  • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 spring curry leaves
  • 1-2 no's dry red chilly
  • 2 pinches asafoetida

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 52kcal