Coconut Powder / Thengai podi

Ingredients:

1 coconut - grated
Urad dal - 50 gms
Channa dal - 25 gms
Red chillies - 15 (vary as per taste)
Asafoetida - 2 tsp
Sesame seeds / Til (white) - 50 gms
Cooking oil - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste

Method

• Dry roast the coconut in a deep bottomed pan until it turns a deep red. Set aside.
• Pour oil in the deep bottomed pan and add urad dal, channa dal and red chillies. Roast until it turns a deep red. Set aside.
• Roast sesame seeds separately until deep red and set aside.
• In a mixie, first grind roasted coconut into a coarse powder.
• Next grind roasted urad dal, channa dal and red chillies.
• Then add roasted sesame seeds, salt, asafoetida and grind coarsely.
• Mix and store the powder in airtight container in the refrigerator. This can be stored for more than a month.
• Serve with hot rice. Add oil to the rice if required.