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Kothamalli Chammanthi/ Cilantro Chutney

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Yesterday our neighbor gave my husband a bunch of cilantro from his garden. My husband was outside chatting with him while he was given that. When he opened the door and entered the house I started smelling aroma of fresh cilantro, and it was really intoxicating. I made an immediate decision to make chutney with them. It is really hard to get a just plucked fresh bunch of cilantros ones. Further I was planning to make dosa (south Indian pancake) for dinner, for which I needed a side dish.
You most likely would have an either hate or like relationship with cilantro. We love to use to them as garnishes in certain curries. For us cilantro is like parsley for the western world. If you want know to about health benefits of cilantro take a look at here.
If given choice I make always coconut chutney or tomato onion chutney as side for dosa. I don’t why I am not making cilantro chutney. My mom makes occasionally without any addition of coconut and only with green chilies, urad dal and chana dal with red chilies and tamarind. My mother in law makes really good chutney, however when I make it turnout to simple plain version which can be used only for samosa’s.
In this recipe I used red onions instead of small onions as I don’t have it in my hand and reduced the amount of red chilies and added one green chili. Turned out to be really good, we finished our dosa with this aromatic cilantro chutney. 

One year ago:  Vegetarian Paella
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What you need 

 Cilantro /coriander leaves: 1 cup
Grated coconut: ¼ cup
Red onion: 2 tablespoon (chopped finely)
Green chili: 1 no
Red chilies: 2 no
Tamarind: a small piece (adjust to taste)
Olive oil: 2 teaspoon
Mustard seeds: ¼ teaspoon
Urad dal/de-skinned split black gram: 1 teaspoon
Salt: ¼ teaspoon or to taste
Water: ¼ cup

How I made

In a skillet add a teaspoon of oil and add onion, green chili and red chili and fry for about 4 minutes. To this add grated coconut and fry for another 3 minutes. To this add cilantro and fry until they wilt and change the raw smell. Remove from fire and set aside for cool.
When it is cool enough to touch add tamarind, salt and water to above mixture and grind into a smooth paste and set aside. 
In a small skillet add rest of oil and add mustard seeds, urad dal and when mustards seeds starts splutters switch off the flame and add to ground paste. 
Enjoy with rice pancake or rice as you wish.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Yield: 3 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes I will

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  1. Apoorva Sai says

    very good taste of Cilantro Cutney recipe and good for health. It is very easy and different taste.

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  2. JishasKitchen says

    beautiful and delicious chutney....loved it..

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  3. Suman Singh says

    easy and delicious chutney!

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  4. Yummy Team says

    What a beautiful color! Delicious chutney..

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  5. Sarah Naveen says

    nice step by step pics...flavorful and yummy chutney

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  6. Joanne says

    I adore cilantro and I can think of so many delicious ways to use this! Yum!

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  7. Rosita Vargas says

    The aroma is impresioanante I love cilantro, salsa has been wonderful you, it looks very nice, big hugs.

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  8. Pushpa says

    Chutey looks spicy,flavorful and yummy.

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  9. Swati Sapna says

    Wonderfully simple yet zingy chutney 🙂 Can almost smell the aroma of freshly ground coriander/cilantro!

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  10. Now Serving says

    perfectly made chutney! Just like a GOOD tempting chutney should look!

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  11. Ameya says

    Delcious chutney-one of my fav's 🙂

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  12. Rumana Rawat says

    Yummy chutney:)

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  13. Peggy says

    This sounds like a great chutney!

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  14. hemalata says

    Very delicious and yummy chutney.

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  17. Namitha says

    I am bookmarking this. I have a cilantro in my veggie patch and I already have a small bunch in the fridge 🙂

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  20. Torviewtoronto says

    delicious looking chutney

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  21. kitchen queen says

    Hi Swathi what a delicious and mouth watering chutney.

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  22. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

    Yum, that looks super delicious to go with practically anything 🙂

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  23. Tina says

    Flavourful and delicious chutney dear..Perfect with idli and dosa.

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  24. Suja says

    Flavorful and delicious chutney..nice recipe dear..

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  25. Vimitha Anand says

    Easy and refreshing chutney...

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  26. SravsCulinaryConcepts says

    Nice colorful chutney !! looks delicious !!

    u can send this to my ongoing event!!

    Ongoing Event - CC-Roti Pachadi/Chutney

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  27. Reshmi Mahesh says

    Flavorful chutney...

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  28. Premalatha Aravindhan says

    Wow dear,need hot idlis now to try this delicious chutney...so tempting.

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  29. Padhu says

    Looks yummy!

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  30. Kaveri says

    A very flavorful and aromatic chutney...looks tasty

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  31. Kalpana Sareesh says

    wow this method is so aromatic.. nice colors..

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  32. Prathibha says

    Nice flavorful chutney...lovely color

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  33. Sharmilee! :) says

    Nice flavourful chutney

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  34. Priti says

    Love it any way ...never tried this way ..looks yum

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  35. Shobha says

    Looks so yummy and chatpati..lovely colour.

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  36. srividhya Ravikumar says

    lovely colour swathi... with curd rice.awesome..

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