Sep 15, 2008

Thenga Podi - Dry coconut podi

This is something my patti used to make whenever we have excess coconut. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-
  1. Dry coconut shredded - 1 cup (basically half coconut
  2. Red chillies - 4 (acc to taste)
  3. Urad dhall - 2 tbsp
  4. Salt to taste
  5. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
Take a dry pan, fry urad dhall, red chillies to golden brown. Also fry coconut to golden brown. Also fry salt for a minute. Let everything cool and grind it into a fine powder. Add asafoetida powder to it. Store it in a air tight container. Refrigerate it and use it for 2 to 3 days. After that it won't be good.

7 comments:

Illatharasi said...

Hey... I miss this... My "iyer" friend used to bring it for lunch.. amazing with rice and ghee... Thanks for sharing the recipe:)

Indian Khana said...

Hey thanks for the recipe...will try this sometime..I love this podi too :)

Unknown said...

You are really great vidhya.. everyday u r giving useful & traditional reciope dear...curd rice + coconut podi is very good comination...

Lakshmi said...

Looong time since I made this podi..thanks for reminding me.

EC said...

My mom used to make these for me...good recipe

Nidhi said...

Coconut podi sounds very interesting Vidhya! When I make it will have to do it in really small quantity coz of the shelf life . Thanks for sharing!

raaji said...

i have tasted this and this one tastes real good with a bit of ghee and goes well with idlis