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Coconut Chutney

Posted on 19 June 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

    chutney

  • Coconut gratings – 1 cup
  • Green chilli – 3 to 4 Nos
  • Tamarind – a pea size
  • Chutney dhal (Pottu kadalai) – 1 tablespoon
  • Salt – ¾ teaspoon

Method:

  • Grind all the above to a fine paste and season it with mustard and curry leaves.

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Coconut Rice

Posted on 19 June 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Raw Rice – 1 cup
  • Grated coconut – 1 cup
  • Red chilly – 2
  • Green chilli – 4
  • Bengal gram dhal – 1 teaspoon
  • Asafotida – ¼ teaspoon
  • Cashew nut – 1 tablespoon
  • Coconut Oil – 4 or 5 teaspoons
  • Mustard – Half teaspoon
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste

Method:

  • Cook rice till soft (But not mushy). Put it in a plate or broad vessel and spread it.
  • Sprinkle one or two teaspoon oil over it.In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up, add Bengal gram dhal and fry till it turns light brown.
  • Add cashew nuts, chillies, asafetida powder and curry leaves and fry for a while.
  • Now add coconut gratings and fry for two/three seconds.
  • Add cooked rice to this and mix gently.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.

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Coconut Burfi (Thenka Mittai)

Posted on 17 June 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Coconut – 1 cup
  • Sugar – 4to5 Spoons
  • Pori kadalai (channa) – ½ spoon
  • Ghee – As Required

Method:

  • Fry Coconut, Pori kadalai (channa) in Ghee till it becomes light brown in color.
  • Heat ½ cup of Water in a pan. Add ½ cup of Sugar into the Water. Stir it for some time in the medium heat till it becomes not so thick.
  • Then add the fried Coconut into that Sugar syrup and stir it frequently.
  • The Coconut and Sugar syrup mixture should not be so thick or so runny. Take it off from the stove in the intermediate state. Otherwise it’ll stick with the pan.
  • Spread Ghee in a plate.
  • Spread the mix in the Ghee coated plate.

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