Ingredients

• Grated Coconut – 2 cup
• Dried Red Chillies – 15
• Shallots – 8
• Garlic – 1 tsp
• Coriander Powder – ½ tbsp
• Red Chilli Powder – ½ tsp
• Tamarind – Golf ball size
• Salt – to taste
• Water – 15ml

How to Make Chuttaracha Chammanthi

• Break the red chilli into small pieces
• Chop finely the garlic and shallots
• De-seed tamarind
• To a heated heavy-bottomed pan add red chilli and roast until just before it reaches smoking point (about 4 minutes)
• Add the coconut, chopped shallots, garlic and coriander powder and dry roast till the ingredients turn light brown in colour. Stir continuously.
• Remove from fire and grind to a smooth paste by adding water, salt and tamarind
• Serve coconut chammanthi with rice gruel.