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Coconut Chutney and Idly faces

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This recipe is so common and is prepared in almost all South Indian homes at least once in a week. But I still wanted to post this, mainly for the sake of the new ones to the kitchen. But to make this boring chutney post more interesting, I have given suggestions and tips on getting children to eat healthy foods. Kindly let me know if you all liked this, so that I can rake my brains and come up with more such posts.

Coconut chutney with coriander flavor

Creative Ways to serve idli for kids

Some creative ways to make kids eat healthy food. Do you know that idli is one of the best breakfast in the world. It is healthy as it is fermented and steam cooked.

You can make different shapes, faces out of idles as I have done above. Use edible stuffs to decorate the idli like raisins, almonds, cashews, chocolate chips, grated carrot or beetroot for hair, tomato for mouth etc. It is all left to your imagination. Let your little one also lend a hand in decorating it.

You can mix tomato chutney in a little idli batter and make red/pink idlis.

Mix green chutney to a little batter ( mint,coriander chutney) to make green idlys. Kids love anything colorful and different.

 Try the tips above and I am sure you will not have any trouble in getting your kids eat healthy food.

Coming to the Coconut Chutney

Coconut Chutney with coriander flavor

Ingredients needed

Coconut – 3/4 cup (grated)
Green Chillies – 3-4
Fried Gram -1 tbsp (also known as pottukadalai)
Ginger – 1 small bit (optional)
Tamarind – small bit (optional)
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp chopped (optional)
Salt to taste

For the seasoning

Mustard -1/2 tsp
Urad dal – 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves – a little

Method 

Grind coconut, green chillies, fried gram, ginger, tamarind and coriander leaves together with needed water and salt. Then you can rinse the mixie and add little more water.

Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal.

When dal turns golden brown, add curry leaves and pour it over the chutney.

Serve it with idly, dosa, vadai, ven pongal or adai.

Refer more Side Dish for idli dosa 

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Comments

  1. Rohini

    Great Ideas! Idlis look wonderful.. Even we grown-ups like to have such varieties for a change. I am sure it'll be a hit with kids!
    Chutney looks delicious..

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  5. Sushma Mallya

    lovely idli faces,very creative..kids will surely have this if they make it really interesting for them…good idea..and chutney recipe is also very nice,i do it the same way but dont add tamarind to it..will do ur version as well

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  23. Abhilash Pillai

    Decorations look superb. I have only seen nithya with such decorations before.

    Yes you said it right, it is common and prepared in all south Indian houses.

    Your version of chutney looks good.

    Thanks for visiting my space. I have one more foodies teacher 🙂

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  30. Rani Kumar

    hi Padhu Congrats for such a great site. all ur ideas r excellent. it motivates to cook. Pl may include the instant receipes n new food from old food.

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  32. Monali P Umbrekar

    presentation of idly is nice & decoration is lovely.idea is very good & great.kids like presentation of idly having various shapes like using capsicum,tamotoo,carrot,cucumber&tamotoo sauce,etc. I loves idly too much.

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  33. sil

    I love your web page! I'm born Eastern European and I discovered South Indian cuisine some 15 years ago, since then I always wanted to learn how to make all these wonderful dishes on my own. This is a first web page where I can find all I like in nicely organized, and well presented manner. Excellent job! Thank you for creating this culinary gem!

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  41. Thaene

    Whatte ya paddu! Louving it ya , can I make pink by beetroot house? tnq far sharing the resipe I will tell to my pati and everyone. Best wishes

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