Dry Coconut Chutney Powder

Ingredients

• 1 cup dry grated coconut
• 2 tablespoons fried gram/putani/roasted channa dal/daliya
• 1.5 tablespoons red chili powder adjust as per your spice level
• 2 stalk curry leaves
• 1 teaspoon cumin (jeera) seeds
• 3 large garlic cloves USA or 1.5 full bulb if it is Indian garlic
• ½ teaspoon jaggery
• 1 small piece of tamarind
• salt as per your taste

Steps

1. Heat a pan or kadai and dry-roast the curry leaves over medium flame until dry and crispy. Let cool completely.
2. In that same pan, dry-roast the dry grated coconut over low flame for 30 seconds, until very light brown. Move it to another plate and let cool completely.
3. Put all the listed ingredients into a blender/mixer grinder and dry-grind to a coarse powder.
4. Return the powder to the plate and mix thoroughly. This yields 1 cup dry coconut chutney powder; store in an airtight container.
5. When serving the kobbari chutney pudi, accompany it with roti or chapati.