Coconut chammanthi

Coconut chammanthi is a kerala cuisine. It is a roasted coconut spice chutney powder. There are different varieties in this dish , but i have tried what my ammumma (grandma) taught me . whenever i go to my ammumma's house she will do this for me and this is one of the favourite dish of our family and we  all love it. we can have this chammanthi with idly , dosa , or even with rice , it would be very tasty .The advantage of this dish is we can have a stock of it for about  10 - 15 days , so  there is no need to do it often.There are different varieties and each one has its unique taste .Here goes the recipe,

INGREDIENTS:

1. coconut ( one )

2. coriander seeds (3 teaspoons)

3. curry leaves ( 20-25 leaves)

4. dry red chillies ( 10-12)

5. tamarind ( small lemon size)

6. salt ( to your taste)

How to do it ?

 Take a pan , pour two teaspoons of oil ,then put curry leaves chilly , coriander seeds ,tamarind and  then salt and saute it untill it becomes light brown in colour then transfer it to mixie jar and then add coconut pieces in the same pan and  sear it untill it becomes light brown in colour, then add this coconut along with the other ingredients in mixie jar and grind it to powder .

That's all ! coconut chammanthi READY!!! try and enjoy this recipe .

  

 " No one is born a great cook , one learns by doing "-Julia child .

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