Chammanthi Podi (Dry Coconut Chutney Powder)

Ingredients:

• Coconut 2
• Garlic 15 pods
• Shallots 5 to 10
• Ginger 1 med piece
• Curry leaves 1 cup
• Whole pepper 1 Tsp
• Dry chilly 12 to 15
• Tamarind a big lemon sized
• Salt

Fry all the ingredients except salt and tamarind, without oil. Reduce the heat and fry the coconut mixture till it turns dark brown colour. Remove the dry chillies from the roasted mixture and powder it well using salt. Then add the required amount of tamarind and powder well. Transfer this mixture into a bowl. Then powder the rest of the coconut mixture little by little with the above powdered chilly mix and required amount of salt. Transfer it to a bowl and mix well.