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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Dry Coconut Chutney (Chammanthi Podi)


This used to be my hostel food, and every time I pack my bags it contained a bottle of pickle and a bottle of Chammanthi podi. My whole family love this and it is a back up when u run out of time to make curries for rice/dosa.  I should admit it takes a lot of time and energy.  I used three coconuts and i ended u with a small jar of coconut powder.I had to roast them for more than an hour or so.
The advantage is it stays good for a long time and lasts long and even better, everyone loves it.

Ingredients:
Grated coconut,  - 1 Coconuts
Sliced ginger - 1/2 cup  
Tamarind  - a small ball
Red dry chillies  -10 no (cut into half's) 
Curry leaves - the more the better
Salt - to taste 

Method:
*Grate the fresh Coconut.
*Roast coconut with red chillies, ginger, curry leaves, Salt in a pan until golden brown with continuous stirring.
*Towards the end add a little bit of tamarind.
*Grind all the above ingredients to a powder.



1 comment:

  1. I love this podi with hot rice .Nice pictures and nice blog.Drop by
    Padhuskitchen
    when u find time

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