Coconut-Cilantro Raita / Pachadi is a delicious side for any variety rice or for sambhar rice. I personally love this with BisiBeleBath. The highlight of this recipe is that, it can be prepared in a jiffy. All you need to do is grind coconut and cilantro along with green chilly and add to yoghurt/curd and temper it. It’s as simple as that.
This week’s theme for blogging marathon (3 days posting for 4 weeks, I am only doing two weeks) is coconut. I love coconut and all its products, period. We had 5 coconut trees in our backyard and fresh coconut was there always. Seldom have we bought coconut from market. I need coconut for dry curries, for kootu, for arichu vitta sambhar, for kurma and what not?
Recently came across this article in livestrong.com about coconut and the controversy behind cholesterol. Coconut does have saturated fat which can affect the cholesterol levels but again portion control plays a major role. You can read about the benefits and saturated fat content in coconut here.
I have already posted a lot coconut based recipes. Here is few from the lot,
- Thengai Thogayal
- Coconut Milk Rice
- Coconut Rice
- Coconut Tomato Raita
- Coconut Cumber Raita
- Coconut Milk Murukku
- Velarikkai Pachadi
Now back to the recipe,
Ingredients:
- Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup (I used fresh grated coconut, if you are using frozen, thaw them to room temperature)
- Greek Yoghurt / Hung Curd – 1/4 cup
- Cilantro – 2 tbsps
- Green Chilly – 2
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Water – 3 tbsps
- Oil – 2 tsps
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Hing – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – a few
Steps:
- Finely chop the cilantro and green chilly.
- Grind the coconut, cilantro and green chilly by adding 3 tbsps of water.
- Now add this mixture to the yogurt.
- Add salt and mix well.
- Heat the tadka pan or tempering pan and add oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves.
- As they start to splutter, add it to the coconut mix.
That’s it. Coconut Cilantro Raita is ready.
Notes:
- You can replace cilantro with curry leaves also.
- Adjust the green chillies according to your taste.
- I used greek yogurt, but any thick yogurt would work. I used only 1/4 cup but if you like the yogurt base more, add more accordingly.
Coconut Cilantro Raita
Ingredients
- Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup I used fresh grated coconut, if you are using frozen, thaw them to room temperature
- Greek Yoghurt / Hung Curd - 1/4 cup
- Cilantro - 2 tbsps
- Green Chilly - 2
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Water - 3 tbsps
- Oil - 2 tsps
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Hing - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - a few
Instructions
- Finely chop the cilantro and green chilly.
- Grind the coconut, cilantro and green chilly by adding 3 tbsps of water.
- Now add this mixture to the yogurt.
- Add salt and mix well.
- Heat the tadka pan or tempering pan and add oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves.
- As they start to splutter, add it to the coconut mix.
- That’s it. Coconut Cilantro Raita is ready.
Notes
Adjust the green chillies according to your taste.
I used greek yogurt, but any thick yogurt would work. I used only 1/4 cup but if you like the yogurt base more, add more accordingly.
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Sounds fantastic Srividhya…must try!
Thanks a lot Valli
this cooling raita sounds so good
Thanks :-)
That raita is so flavorful! My mother uses this as a base to many pachadis.
Oh yeah.. very true. This forms the base for cucumber and tomato raita too. :-)
I am sure this is very flavorful.
Thanks Harini.
Coconut cilantro raita looks very delicious.
Thank you :-)
What an interesting coconut raita. Pinned to try very soon.
:-) Thanks a lot.
Very flavourful, and super delicious raita, love that mild green colour of this raita.
Thanks a lot Priya. Yeah I love that color too.
Even I love this chutney/raita. It is so easy to prepare and tastes great as well.
:-) Thanks
Love the coconut,cilantro combo raita. Such a refreshing dish. Goes really well with pulao and biryani too:)
Thanks Amara. Yeah this goes well with pulao and biryani too.
Looks wonderful..
Thanks Gayathri.
Looks delish with cilantro…I guess they go well with idly and dosa too…
Oh yeah very true. Thanks a lot swapna.
Refreshing raita and great combo… I can make it vengan to….thanks for sharing…
Oh yeah true. Glad you mentioned it. Thanks
This raita looks so refreshing and classic, Srividya. Coconut + cilantro is an awesome combo.
Thanks Anu :-)
The raita looks good but i guess some grated cucumbers would take it a notch higher!
Oh yeah totally agree with you. Both tomato and cucumber would take it higher. But I have already posted those recipes. ;-) So this time went simple with no grating and chopping to prepare it under 30 minutes. :-) Thanks for the wonderful feedback.
Refreshing raita,got a lovely colour.
Thanks Nalini. :-)
Coconut and Cilantro is a winning combo… Will try it with sambar rice next time..
Sure thanks a lot. Let me know how was the combo.
Sounds very nice :)
Thanks Freda.
A refreshing raita…wanna eat right now. Alas! I don’t have a coconut tree ;)
Thanks a lot Ritu. I don’t have it here either. I went with store bought ones. You can also use the frozen one. Between a warm welcome to my space and also to the wonderful BM group.
Coconut and cilantro are a great combination. I wish I could dip in some fresh veggies!
Thanks a lot. :-)
Raita looks nice and delicious.
Thanks Sushma
Sounds delish!!
Thanks a lot Archana.