Thenga Chammanthi (Coconut Chutney)

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(from Presi’s recipe box)

Source: Read more: http://www.mariasmenu.com/spicy/thenga-chammanthi-coconut-chutney#ixzz1eW3bz59i

Categories: Chutney

Ingredients

  • Coconut – 1 cup (If you use freshly scraped coconut, nothing like it)
  • Dried red chilli flakes -1-2 tsp (refer notes)
  • Small/pearl onions – 4, sliced
  • Ginger – 1/2 tsp, chopped
  • Tamarind (valan puli or sambar puli) – size of a small lime (refer notes)
  • Salt
  • Coconut Oil
  • Curryleaves – 3-5 leaves

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a pan & add small onions, ginger, curry leaves & dried red chilli flakes.

  2. Fry for 2-3 minutes, till you get the roasted smell. Add coconut & mix well.

  3. Just fry it for a minute or two.

  4. DO NOT brown it. Remove from fire & let it cool. Add tamarind & salt to this mix.

  5. Ground it in the smallest jar of the mixie. Ideally no water should be added, but I end up adding 1/2 – 1 tbsp of water.

  6. You can serve it with rice,kanji or idli & dosa.

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