Carrot Chutney or carrot sauce can be easily made at home, you just need to gather some fresh red carrots, coconut, lemon juice and some spices.

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 3-4 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients:

• 1 kg carrots (grated)
• 1/2 cup coconut (scraped and grated)
• 5 green chillies
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 1 inch ginger
• 1/2 tsp roasted peanuts
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp mustard seeds (to temper)
• 1 tsp oil (to temper)
• Few curry leaves (broken in bits) (to temper)
• 1 big cup of chopped coriander leaves
• Salt to taste
• Ground pepper to taste

How to make Carrot Coconut Chutney :

1. Combine all the ingredients in a big grinding jar except the ingredients to temper.
2. Add little bit of water and grind for few minutes until smooth.
3. You may add some more water to get the thick consistency of chutney.
4. Heat the oil in a saucepan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
5. Allow the seeds to splutter and stir continue on low flame.
6. Pour the chutney into a serving bowl and temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
7. Carrot Coconut chutney or carrot sauce is ready to serve.