Mamidikaya-Kobbari chutney(Raw mango-coconut)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup grated fresh coconut or 1 1/4 cup Coconut pieces
• 1/3 cup finely chopped raw Mango(use the sour variety)
• 2-3 Green chillies,slit
• Salt to taste

To temper:

• 2 tsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Urad dal(split black gram)
• a sprig of Curry leaves
• a pinch of Asafoetida

Method:

1. Grind grated raw mango with fried green chillies and salt to a coarse mixture in whipper mode.
2. Add grated coconut and pulse it in whipper mode a couple of times to get a coarse mixture.Try not to add water,if needed add very few drops as the mixture should be very coarse.
3. Heat oil in a small pan and crackle mustard seeds and add urad dal and fry until it is slight red in color.
4. Add curry leaves and asafoetida and fry for 30 seconds and add this tempering to the ground chutney and mix well.
5. Serve it with hot steamed rice.Mix the pacchadi with hot rice and ghee.