South Indian Onion Chutney

DIRECTIONS

• In a small pan, heat the oil.
• Add the urad dal, red chillies and asafetida. Fry until urad dal changes color slightly. Don't let it burn.
• In a bowl, combine coconut, onion, tamarind paste and salt.
• Add the red chilli mixture to the rest of the ingredients.
• Grind until smooth adding as little water as possible (a traditional Indian mixer is better at this than a blender or food processor).
• If desired, you may add tempering.
• Tempering - In a small pan, heat oil then add black mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies. When mustard seeds splutter, add to the chutney and mix well.
• Depending upon what kind of onion you use, the smell of raw onions may be overpowering. If that is the case, after tempering, heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and fry the chutney for about 10 min until all the raw smell is gone.