DHANIYA COCONUT THUGAIYAL

DHANIYA COCONUT THUGAIYAL

INGREDIENTS:-
Dhaniya / Coriander seeds - 1/4 cup
Urid Dal - 1/4 cup
Coconut roughly chopped - half coconut, cut into pieces
Dried Red chillies - 8 to 10 nos.
Grated Jaggery - 1 tsp
Tamarind - 2 inches
Salt to taste
Oil - 3 tsp

For Tampering:-
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 leaflet
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp 

METHOD:-
(1) Heat a Kadai with 1 tsp of oil and roast red chillies and urad dal. Roast until urad dal changes to golden colour; replace it in the mixer jar.
(2) In the same Kadai, add 1 tsp of oil and roast the coriander seeds, till nice aroma arises. Coriander seeds tend to burn. So, roast in sim/low flame; replace it in the same mixer jar, where urad dal & chillies were added.
(3) Now roast the tamarind, till it softens; remove it and add to the above jar.
(4) Add 1 tsp of oil, and roast coconut pieces. Keeping the flame in low/sim, and cover the kadai with a lid and roast it until it turns a golden colour. Allow it to cool completely.
(5) Add required salt to the jar, using the pulse mode,
grind all the roasted ingredients except coconut.
(6) After grinding, add 1tsp of jaggery and roasted coconut and again grind it in pulse mode. Check for salt and spice. Now add water little by little, to make a coarse paste.
(7) Remove it in a bowl. Heat 1 tsp oil in the kadai for tampering and add mustard seeds. Allow it to splutter, then add curry leaves and asafoetida.
Add the tampering to the Thugaiyal.

Tastes better with Tamarind Rice, Curd Rice, Aappam, Dosai

See also for

  Gongura Receipes

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