Thenga Chammanthi is a tasty, spiced side dish made by blending coconut, tamarind, ginger, small onion & herbs into a thick, coarse chutney form. Thenga Chammanthi is popular in Kerala – relished with rice meal and could be made in minutes.
Thenga Chammanthi is a chutney made with coconut as main ingredient.This is basically a kerala style coconut chutney / thogayal as we call in tamil.This Thenga Chammanthi serves as a great sidedish for rice.I am realy not sure whether this is a part of onam sadhya menu but still thought to try and post it as onam is nearing.
The first time I tasted this was during my college when a mallu friend used to bring it and we all loved it so much.After that I didn’t have a chance to eat this, so tasting it yesterday rekindled my college days, good old days.
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Thenga Chammanthi
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup coconut
- 4 nos small onion
- a small sprig curry leaves
- 3 small red chillies
- 1/2 teaspoon tamarind
- a tiny piece ginger
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Get ready with your ingredients. Transfer all the ingredients to the mixer jar. Grind it coarse.
- Sprinkle little water and grind again to a coarse mixture more like a thick chutney.
Notes
- This is a little spicy so adjust red chillies according to your taste.
How to make Thenga Chammanthi
- Get ready with your ingredients.Transfer all the ingredients to the mixer jar.Grind it coarse.
- Sprinkle little water about 1-2 tablespoon and grind again to a coarse mixture more like a thick chutney.
Serve with rice and curry of your choice.
Serve with rice and curry of your choice.
Expert Tips
- This is a little spicy so adjust red chillies according to your taste.
preetha
OMG My favourite….. Thanks a lot Sharmi. Where did you buy the stone mortar pestel
Sharmilee J
I bought it from a local exhibition here.