Chana daal chutney

Ingredients:

• Chana daal: 1/2 cup
• Fresh Coconut pieces (chopped/ grated): 1/4 cup
• Ginger: 1 piece (medium) (chopped)
• Salt: to taste
• Green chilli: 1-2 (chopped)
• Oil: 1 tsp
• For seasoning:
• Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
• Curry leaves: a few
• Urad daal: 1/2 tsp
• Oil: 1 tsp

Method:

1. Heat oil (1 tsp) in pan. Add mustard seeds. Let them splutter. Add curry leaves.
2. Add  ginger, green chilli and salt. Cook for 1-2 mins.
3. Add chana daal. Cook till it turns light brown colour.
4. Turn off the gas and let it cool.
5. Grind roasted daal and coconut to form a smooth chutney.
6. Seasoning:
• In a pan, heat 1 tsp oil. 
• Add mustard seeds. Let them splutter.
• Add urad daal and curry leaves.
• Cook for 3-4 mins.
7. Add seasoning to the ground mixture of daal and coconut. Mix well.
8. Ready to serve with Appam, Dosa, Idli, Uthapam. 

PS:

• The consistency of chana daal chutney is a bit more fluidic.