Coconut and mint chutney

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Food and Travels: Asia

By Alastair Hendy

Published 2004

  • About

This won’t keep like a regular chutney, so use it up. The easiest way to split a coconut is to double-bag it inside two carrier bags, twist them shut then, holding everything firmly, slam the package on to a hard surface such as the pavement. You can make this as coarse or as chunky as you like - just chop everything according to your taste. I’d pound about a third of the ingredients to something paste-like in a mortar first, then toss this through the rest - it’s a textural thing, and not