Coriander chutney/Kothamalli Thuvayal

This dish can be eaten mixed with cooked rice and can also be eaten as side dish with any Indian Breads.(Chapathi etc).

1. Ingredients:

1. Coriander a few bunches
   
2. Urad Dal 1 table spoon
3. Red dried chillies 2
   
4. Channa Dal 1 t spoon
   
5. Tamarind a very small bit, if paste very little
6. Asafotida powder 1/2 t spoon (optional)
7. Salt to taste
8. Cooking oil 1 t spoon

Fry the dals and chillies and asafotida in a 'Kadai' or a thick bottomed pan till brown. Add the tamarind and salt and mix and keep this separate. In the same Kadai put the cut and cleaned coriander leaves and turn around with a ladle for a few minutes. Switch off the stove.
Grind the dals in a mixer/blender and it will become powder. Now add the coriander leaves and grind it into a thick paste adding very little water. Once the paste is smooth remove and keep it in a bowl the chutney is ready.
Second Method.
This also can be done in a different way using fresh green chillies and fresh coconut.
Method is same. Fry the dals without the red chillies (not needed for this method)
Remove the fried dals and put the coriander leaves in the 'kadai' and also 2 green chillies and fry for few minutes. While grinding , after the dals are powdered add the coriander leaves, green chillies and also fresh grated cocnut about 2 table spoons.
once it is ground to a paste the chutney is ready.