Coconut thohayal

Yet another thohayal!! This recipe came from my lovely chitti....

Ingredients
Oil 1 tsp
Red chillies 2-3
Urad dal 2 tsp
Asafoetida a pinch

Coconut scraped 4-5 tbsp
Small piece of tamarind
Ginger 1 inch
Curry/coriander/mint leaves (entirely optional)


Method

1. Fry in oil, red chillies, urad dal and small piece of asafoetida. Keep aside.
2. Fry coconut till it becums slightly dry. 
3. Put the tamarind in the hot fried coconut. Let it cool.
4. Grind red chillies, asafoetida, ginger, coconut, salt to a fine paste.
5. Once ground, add the fried urad dal and grind just a bit. The urad dal should not be ground too fine.

For coconut thohayal, avoid wet ingredients as they will make the thohayal bad.

You can add fried curry leaves or green dhania or few leaves of mint to this to enhance taste.