Thavana podi

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thavanai

Preparation Time : 30 minutes + 1 day to dry in the sun

Cooking Time : 10 minutes to grind to get a coarse powder

Serving : more than 20 helpings

Description

I did my schooling in a boarding school.my friends from kerela used to bring a lovely aromatic powder called chammanthi podi .i used to love it.after i left school also i did crave to eat chammandhi podi .once my brother in law was married ,problem was solved as my co- sister was from nagarcoil .a town in the border of kerela and tamil nadu .she once got the same chammandhi podi from her mothers place tasted the same but with a different name .THAVANA PODI .CHAMMANDHI PODI or THAVANA PODI i got my long lost craveing podi back.

Ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
Dried coconut (the coconut we use to make coconut oil .in tamil we call it kopara thenga)2 cups
black gram dal1 cup
coriander seeds1/4 cup
curry leaves1 1/4 cup
hing1 table spoon
tamarindgoose burry sized ball
saltto taste
dried red chillies8 to 10
garlic5 flakes
coconut oil4 table spoons

Method

  1. Fry all the ingredients in coconut oil seperately till crisp and golden brown.
  2. Mix the fried ingredients together and dry  it in the sun for a day.
  3. blend the fried,dried ingredients together to a finely coarse powder .taste and adjust.
  4. store in an air tight containeri in room temperature.keeps for more than two months.
  5. serve with idli,dosa or boiled rice.