Spicy Avocado-Coconut-Mango Chutney

To all the Malayali Friends/Visitors of Sumadhura :

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This is another healthy chutney I made yesterday that turned out  very delicious.This chutney is a combination of healthy ingredients - Avocado,Coconut and Mango.This tastes great with warm rice,as a spread for bread toast,and also as a spread for veggie wraps.We tried it all the three ways and we enjoyed it,hope you would too.

Let's see how this delicious and healthy chutney is made------

Main Ingredients :

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Ripe Avocado.......................2(pitted and peeled)

Coconut................................1/2 cup

Green Mango........................4pieces(3" size with peel on)

Green Chilly..........................4(to your taste)
Garlic....................................3 cloves

Corinader.............................handful
Lemon Juice........................2 tbsp

Turmeric...............................1/8 tsp

Salt......................................to taste

Seasoning Ingredients :

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Canola Oil........................1tbsp

Chana Daal......................1tsp

Urad Daal........................1tsp

Cumin Seeds....................1tsp
Coriander Seeds..............2tsp
Mustard Seeds................1/2tsp
Methi Seeds....................4seeds
Red Chilly........................1
Asafoetida.......................pinch

Preparation :
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Add all the main ingredients to a blender and blend them well.

Now place a pan on the stove on medium high heat and add oil to it.Once the oil is hot add the seasoning ingredients and when the seeds start to splutter,add asafoetida and switch off the stove.

Keep a little seasoning aside and add rest of it to the avocado mix in the blender and blend  so that flavors mix in well.Remove the blend mix into serving bowl and add the remaining seasoning to it.

Delicious Avocado-Coconut-Mango Chutney is ready to be served.

Note :
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1) I used frozen coconut and frozen green mango pieces.The mango pieces were 3 inch size and had the peel on them.

2) As the mango was not very sour ,I used lemon juice.If your mango is sour you can skip the lemon juice.Chutney was not very sour,but if you like yours sour add more lemon juice.

3) The addition of corinder seeds to the seasoning enhanced the flavor of the chutney.

Mamidikaya Pappu/Mango Daal

This is a very basic daal recipe but a very famous one which no one would ever get bored to eat .That too summer being around Mango Daal is a very frequent item in the weekly menu.If you can get the perfect firm and sour mango this daal tastes heavenly.This dish tastes heavenly when served with hot rice and gummadi/poosanikai vadiyalu , papad(Appadalu) , or  dahi chilly(Majjiga/Oorina Mirapakayalu).

Let's see how to make this simple and delicious daal---------------

Main Ingredients :

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Toor Daal..................................1.5cup

Raw Mango(Sour)......................1

Green Chillies.............................4

Water........................................3cups

Seasoning Ingredients :

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Ghee/Oil...................................2tsp

Mustard Seeds..........................1tsp

Cumin Seeds.............................1tsp

Red Chilly.................................1

Turmeric...................................1/2tsp

Paprika(ChillyPowder).............1tsp

Asafoetida................................1/8tsp

Salt...........................................to taste

Curry Leaves...........................1sprig

Preparation :

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Rinse the daal well and place it in a vessel and add water.Now rinse the  raw mango ,peel the skin and cut the mango into cubes and remove all the flesh from the seed too and add all these pieces along with the mango seed to the daal.

Now add slit green chillies, turmeric and salt to the daal ,mix well and pressure cook it for 4 whistles so that daal gets well cooked and then turn off the stove.

Once the pressure in the cooker is released,prepare the seasoning to be added to the daal.Place a seasoning pan on the stove on medium heat  and add ghee/oil to it.Once it heats up add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,red chilly and hing in the order mentioned.Finally switch off the stove and add chilly powder.

Now add this seasoning and curry leaves to the mango daal and let the daal cook on the stove for 5 minutes so that flavors of the seasoning blend in well.

Turn off the stove and it is ready to be served with rice or roti.

Note :

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1) If the mango is very sour we do not add any tamarind to the daal.

2) To enhance the flavors of the sourness of mango we add asafoetida and chilly powder to the seasoning.

3) Don't think this daal is spicy. I used paprika chilly powder,it is not spicy just gives a nice red color  and flavor to the daal.Even though I added green chillies they are just slit not completely cut so the daal is very kid friendly.

4) Do not add onions, it changes the flavor of the daal.Enjoy daal with the flavor of mango.

5) The mango seed also gives lot of flavor to the daal and also soaks in the juices of the spices and tastes great with yogurt rice.We cannot eat the seed but can suck the juices from the seed.It tastes yum.

I am sending this to Delicious Dal event hosted by Suma .

I am sending this  to MLLA#23 hosted by Susan .