Dry Coconut Chutney (Chammanthi Podi)

Ingredients:

Grated coconut, roasted - 1 Cup Sliced shallots - 5 no Sliced ginger - ¼ inch piece   (1tsp) Tamarind - a small ball Red chillies - 3-4 no (cut into half's) Curry leaves - one sprig Salt - to taste Method of Preparation :

Grate roast evenly in a mixer. Make sure that that the Coconut is fresh. Roast coconut, red chillies, ginger, curry leaves and shallots in a non stick pan until golden brown. Keep on stirring so that it is evenly roasted. It will take around 3-4 minutes. Towards the end add a little bit of tamarind. Add required salt, grind all the above ingredients to a powder. If oil come outs add some shallot so that oil is absorbed. The chutney will stay for around 3-4 weeks. It can served with rice, iddly or Dosa.