VARIETY FOODS: Chammanthi

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Chammanthi












Ingredients:

Coconut - half of one
(grated)
Shallots(Kunjulli) - 10 nos
Ginger - As reqd
Tamarind(Puli) - A lime sized ball
Garlic pods - 5 nos
Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Salt - As reqd
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Oil(coconut oil preferred) - 2 tsp

Method:

1)Grind the coconut into a coarse form(not to a fine paste).

2)Add tamarind, ginger, garlic, chilly powder and salt.

3)Grind again only till everything is well mixed and not to a paste.

4)Add shallots to the end as it need not be fully ground.

:- Biting of onion partially ground in chammandhi tastes good.

5)Grind once again.

6)Put it in a bowl.

7)Splutter mustard seeds and mix it with the chammandhi.