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Coconut (Thengai) Thuvaiyal


Ingredients (Translation)

1/2 coconut (scraped)
2 tbsp blackgram dal
1/2 tbsp bengalgram dal
3 Red chillies (add more if required)
1/4 tsp Asafoetida
Salt to taste

Dry roast the dals and red chillies.

Grind it along with coconut, asafoetida and salt to get a coarse paste.

This goes very well with rice and can also be a good substitute for the normal chutneys for dosas and idlis.
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11 comments:

  1. Recently my friend from sangeetaskitchen also posted this!!
    But she adds (me too) tamarind...
    And this is my all time favourite !!

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  2. They look tasty, now i need a few dosas to dip them yummy

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  3. Another Coconut chutney, Yum!!!!!!! Thuvail try pann re.

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  4. I too add a lil bit of tamarind. It gives a nice tang.

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  5. yummy .... nice chutney dear..:)

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  6. @ Raks Kitchen, Suganya...Even my mom adds tamarind to the thuvaiyal...but i prefer it without tamarind. thanks for ur comments

    @ Happy Cook, Rina, Remya and Siri...thanks a lot for ur comments

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  7. nice recipe:)
    paati

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  8. My mom makes the exact same thing but without the bengal gram dhal as an accompaniment for ven pongal. Love it.

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  9. Thanks Paati and Laavanya for ur comments...keep visiting

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  10. Nice recipe.I guess everyone has their own version of this chutney:-)

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