Coconut Podi

Coconut Podi is very easy recipe which appears very useful when we cook simple Rasam and curry for a weekend.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups scraped coconut

• 1 cup red chillies whole

• 2 tbsp mustard seeds (raai)

• 1/4 cup black gram split (urad dal)

• salt to taste

• 1/2 tbsp asafoetida

• 8 tbsp oil (tel)

Method:

• Take oil in pan and fry the coconut till it appears reddish brown color.

• Fry  dal, chillies and mustard seeds individually in oil and then  remove it from oil.

• Combine all the elements and crush to a coarse powder.

• Store it in a dry place in airtight bottle.