Green Coconut Chutney

I am in love with condiments — it’s an illness, really. My fridge is at least 1/3 full of nothing but “stuff to go with other stuff”, and this doesn’t really bother me. The best condiments, however, are those that one makes oneself and here is a recipe for one of my favorites — Green Coconut Chutney!

Ingredients:

1 lemon
1 fresh green chilli
½ cup fresh mint or coriander leaves
2 spring onions, roughly chopped
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 tsp ghee or oil

Peel lemon so that no white pith remains. Cut into pieces and remove seeds. Put lemon into container of blender with seeded and roughly chopped chilli, mint or coriander leaves, spring onions, ground cumin and salt. Blend until pureed.

Add coconut and continue blending to a smooth paste, scraping down sides of blender and adding a little more liquid if necessary.

Shape into a flat cake, place on dish and chill until serving.