Saravana Bhavan Style Coconut Chutney | Hotel Style White Chutney

Do you like the Saravana bhavan hotel style white chutney ?

It is a simple tasty chutey made with fresh grated coconuts and some basic ingredients like the usual coconut chutney but with few differences. There is a secret ingredient added along with other ingredients to yield the cloudy white colour and sweetness to the chutney. 

I am not sure if this is the authentic hotel style one but many of the YouTube vlogs listed this as one and when I tasted, this comes close to that too. Milk is added instead of water for grinding to give the lovely colour and taste to the chutney. Do give this a try and if you feel the same hotel tastes and let me know too.

Watch the YouTube #shorts on this chutney recipe.

Preparation time ~ 10 minutes

Cooking time ~ 2 minutes

Author ~ Julie

Serves ~ 3-4

Ingredients 

grated coconut 3/4 cup

shallots 3-4

garlic 2 cloves

ginger 1/2’’ piece

green chilies 2  or bird eye chillies 4-5

pottukadala 2 tsp

salt 1/3 tsp

milk 1/3 cup

to temper 

dry red chillies 2

curry leaves 1 sprig

mustard seeds 1/2 tsp

urad dal 1 tsp

coconut oil 1 tbsp

Method

• In a blender jar, add the grated coconut, shallots, ginger, garlic, bird eye chillies, pottukadala and salt. Pour the milk and grind to a 3/4th ground paste. 
• Transfer to a bowl, add 1/2 cup to the blender jar and pour the residual mix in the jar. Adjust salt if needed.
• Heat oil in a pan and add oil. Add mustard seeds, urad dal, followed by red dry chillies and curry leaves. Switch off the flame and pour over the chutney. Mix & serve with idli or dosas. 

NOTES

• Use fresh coconuts ideally not very matured types that have a natural sweetness. If it lacks sweetness, add a pinch of sugar in the chutney & mix. 
• Use only the white grated portion of the coconuts not the brown mixed coconut.
• Don’t add more pottukadala than mentioned. 
• Use green chillies if you don’t have bird eye chillies(kanthari mulaku).
• Depending on spice tolerance, alter green chillies. This yields a moderately spicy chutney.