Thengai ThogayalThogayal is a coarse paste made in several flavours with the accompaniment of urad dal and channa dal. Thogayal in any form is always my favourite with hot steaming rice and a drop of ghee. Thengai thogayal always tops the list! I love the thengai thogayal made by mom, mil, both my grannys...They are all unique in their own way and very very tasty.
Ingredients:
1 cup grated coconut, 4 tbsp urad dal (whole preferred- thanks to premama)
1 tbsp channa dal
2-3 dashes hing
1 big gooseberry sized ball of tamarind (should be about 6 inches long)
salt to taste
2 green chillies
3 red chillies (can be reduced according to taste)
3-4 curry leaves (premama's fav addition)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp gingely oil
Add oil in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves. Now add the channa dal and urad dal. While roasting add hing and all the chilies. Add tamarind ( tamarind can actually be added directly instead of taking out the extract because we are going to grind everything to a paste- thnx mom). Roast till dals are golden brown. Add the coconut gratings and just fry for a few seconds. Transfer to a mixie. Grind dry with enough salt first. Then, add some water and grind to a thick coarse paste as shown in picture. Enjoy with steaming hot rice and a drop of ghee/ sp of gingely oil. It tastes great with avarakkai molagu kootu!! yumm!!
very nice recipe! my thenga thogayal came out very good!! thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have tasted frequently during my childhood but going to try making it myself for the first time. Thanks for putting it up.
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