THENGAI THOGAYAL

INGREDIENTS:

Scraped Coconut - 2 cups
Tamarind - lemon sized ball
Salt
Oil
Hing - a pinch
Dry red chillies - 2 to 3
Urad dhal - 1 tablespoon

METHOD:

Soak tamarind in little water. Scrap coconut and keep aside.

In a kadai, heat a spoon of oil and fry chillies, urad dhal and hing till golden brown.

Grind coconut, chillies, tamarind, salt , and hing in a mixie to a coarse paste using little water. Finally, add urad dhal and run the mixie for five seconds. Transfer it to a bowl .

This goes well with rice. When mixing it with rice add a spoon of gingelly oil . Have it with a roasted papad or poricha appalam.