Coconut is a good and healthy ingredient for various curries or side dishes in our
breakfast/lunch/dinner table. Coconut is a gift from god for the human being. According Indian culture, coconut is a special or major component in various Poojas. So it is sure that the 'precious' coconut is richly nutritious.
Coconut is a complete food. It is a fruit, vegetable, nut or cereal at same time. Coconut is very pretty to see when we cut it, it has awesome smell for its flesh and coconut water is very pure and smells better. It is also protein rich natural water. Coconut piece is very tasty. The coconut fruit has life because when it remains for some days we can see new plant comes from it. It is very fresh food.
The last part of grated coconut that is in brown color is like bran of rice. It is more nutritious then other part. So don't avoid this part. Take full of the inner of coconut. Alkalinity of coconut is remarkable. When you feel gas trouble/acidity, you can withstand it by chewing a coconut piece. Coconut's digestibility is also good. It will not make any digestion problems.
I said coconut is a complete food. I think it is absolutely right because coconut consumption will lead to complete intake of entire nutrients. Ayurveda and natural treatment are always with coconut. But many people doubts in its health.
Man is addicted to fast food, baked items etc... They contain so much fat. People including these
unhealthy food habits in their life and blame the poor coconut. Coconut is more nutritious than coconut oil. Coconut oil also gives us good things for our body. So love coconut, have coconut and save your life.
Coconut Chammanthy or Coconut Chutney with Dried Chilly:
Ingredients:
Method for Preparing this Coconut Chutney:
Chop the ginger. Grate coconut. Fry the red chillies and curry leaves in the oil for 1 minute. Take this mixture into a mixer jar. Add tamarind and enough salt. Grind well and serve with rice pudding, dosa or idly.
You can find ginger and tamarind among the ingredients. You saw the importance and benefits of coconut. There are so many benefits will give by these ginger and tamarind also.
Ginger - The Better Medicine:
Ginger adds so much healthy values to the coconut chutney. Presence of ginger in the coconut chutney dish will avoid digestion problems. It also helps us to withstand tastelessness. It also effective for stomach pain and vomiting. Actually ginger is very beneficial ingredient.
Benefits of Tamarind:
Tamarind adds nutrient contents to the coconut chutney recipe. It is effective for surviving digestive problems. It is also good for throat.
How to Prepare Coconut Mango Chutney:
Ingredients:
- Coconut - 1
- Red chilly - 10 g
- Curry leaf - 1 string
- Mango - 1
- Ginger - 2 pieces
- Coconut oil - 50 g
- Pepper powder - 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt - to taste
Method:
Chop the ginger, grate the coconut, fry ginger, red chillies, curry leaves and pepper powder in the oil. Add enough salt and cut mango. Grind well.
Coconut Ginger Coriander: chutney:
Ingredients:
- Ginger - 2 pieces
- Green chilly - 5
- Coconut - 1
- Coriander leaf - to taste
- Oil - 1 table spoon
- Mustard - 1 teaspoon
- Curry leaf - 1 string
- Salt - to taste
Grind the coconut, ginger, chilly, coriander leaf and salt slitter the mustard seed and curry leaves in oil and pour into the ground chutney.
Benefits of Coriander with Coconut:
Coriander always serves for our health. Coriander leafs' presence in coconut chutney add extra benefit for improving our digestion.
Coconut Pea Nut Chutney - A Special Dish:
- Fried pea nuts - 100 g
- Tamarind - to taste
- Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
- Green chilly - 5 nos
- Big onion - 1 nos
- Curry leaf - 1 string
- Salt - to taste
Put the tamarind in some water. Add all other ingredients into it. Grind for 2 minutes.
Coconut Curry Leaf Chutney Recipe:
- Curry leaf - 50 nos
- Grated coconut - 2 cups
- Tamarind - 1 gooseberry size
- Red chilly - 8 nos
- Oil - 1 t.sp
- Mustard seed - 1 t.sp
- Salt - to taste
Fry the curry leaves without oil. Add them into a mixture of coconut, chilly, tamarind and salt. Grind well. Heal oil. Split the mustard and add the chutney into it. Stir well. It is suitable for chappathi, rice etc..
Coconut Lemon Chutney:
- Ripe lemon - 1
- Grated coconut - 2 cups
- Green chilly - 5 nos
- Coriander leaf - to taste
- Oil - 1 t.sp
- Salt - to taste
- Mustard seeds - 10 g
Method for Preparing Coconut Lemon Chutney:
Remove the bark and seeds of the lemon, grind it with coconut, chilies, coriander leaf and salt. Heal oil. Split the mustard in it. Add the ground mixture of coconut chutney into it. Mix well.
Coconut Gooseberry Chutney Dish:
Ingredients:
- Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
- Gooseberry - 2 nos
- Chilly powder - 1 t.sp
- Salt - to taste
- Water - 1/2 glass
Grind coconut, gooseberry (chopped) chilly powder, salt and water well and serve with
rice porridge, dosa or chapathy.
Mint/Puthina Coconut Chutney:
- Mint leaf - 1/2 cup
- Coriander leaf - 1/2 cup
- Green chilly - 3 nos
- Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
- Garlic - 10 g
- Lemon juice - 1 t.sp
- Salt - to taste
Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chillies, coconut, garlic and salt with enough water. Add lemon juice into it and mix well.
Coconut Ghee Chilly/Ney Mulaku Chutney:
- Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
- Ghee chilly - 2-3 nos
- Kadala parippu - 10 g
- Salt - to taste
- Water - enough amount
- Mustard seed - 10 g
- Oil - 50 g
Take the entire ingredients in a mixer jar. Grind well. Split mustard in hot oil. Add it into the mixed and ground ghee chilly coconut chutney. After making it loose by pouring enough water.
