Delicious Chamanthi podi akka Roasted spiced coconut powder a dry chutney powder made with coriander seeds, red chili, curry leave and freshly greated coconut
Once upon a time, I could not think of life without chammanthi podi/Roasted spice coconut powder. Amma used to make it in bulk, so that her dear daughter can eat with rice, dosa, idly or anything. When I left India for the first time, amma give me two packets, and told me one is Idly Milagai Podi /Spiced chili powder and other chammanthi podi, add Idly Milagai Podi to any vegetables you cook and Sautee with little oil. It will become a curry. Trust me I was doing that for long time. In beginning, I won’t cook that much so whatever I cook will be an easy one with few minutes in the kitchen.
Nowadays I make Idly Milagai Podi more often, chammanthi podi very rarely. My hubby is not a big fan of this dish, I love it. I don’t need any curry to have a bowl of rice, this is enough. Yesterday on our regular grocery shopping I bought one coconut. It was fresh and suddenly I started thinking about mom, and decided to make chammanthi podi,
Amma used to make chammanthi podi using 4-5 coconuts, she did all jobs associated with it, starting from breaking the coconut to grating, frying and grinding them. With my naughty little one, it was a difficult task to grate even a single coconut, she will put her fingers in the bowl, and she wants everything.
Chammanthi podi is one of traditional accompaniments of Kerala cuisine. As usual every mom has their own recipes, and basically it consists of coconut, pepper corns, red chilies, coriander seeds, urad dal, tamarind and salt. Some time it may also contain ginger and shallots. As I have no shallots in hand, I added only ginger. However, I don’t have the recipe of chammanthi podi which amma used to make, hence I used Mrs. K.M. Mathew’s recipe which I got from an old issue of Vanitha (Malayalam magazine). I tweaked a little bit, the amount of coriander seeds and added 1 teaspoon of chana dal to it. It tasted really great, if you love coconut, you will like this dish too. Here goes the recipe.
Points to remember chamanthi podi
You can use fresh or dessicated coconut for traditional recipe you need to fresh grated coconut
If you are looking for great color use Byadagi chilli if you want more spiciness then use other chili usually sanam
Using asafetoida bars give more taste than the powder version
If you wan you can use shallots also I didn't used it.
Chamanthi Podi/ Spiced roasted coconut powder
Delicious chamahti podi as spiced roasted coconut powder similar to chuntry powder.
Servings: 5
Calories: 161kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Grated coconut
- 4 Red chilies adjust according your spice level
- 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
- ⅛ teaspoon Black pepper corns
- 2 sprigs Curry leaves
- ¼ teaspoon Asafetida a small piece
- 2 tablespoon Split black gram without skin
- 1 tablespoon Chana dal
- 1 teaspoon Ginger
- ½ tablespoon Tamarind: Ping pong ball
- 1 teaspoon Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat a skillet and add urad dal and fry for 1 minute or until they become golden brown color. Set aside. Next fry channa dal, pepper corns, coriander seeds, Red chilies and asafetodia one by one until the raw smell goes and channa dal become golden brown color, pepper corns become plums up and starts crackling, red chilies get slight dark color in the skin and asafetodia become brittle. It will take about 6 minutes.
- Next fry the coconut and curry leaves until they become golden brown color, mine got little more browned . It took about about 8-10 minutes in medium flame. Set aside.
- Once everything get cooled enough to touch or for about 20 minutes, grind them with ginger, tamarind, shallots (if using) and salt. Let it cool in tray. Adjust the salt, tamarind, and chilies if needed. After cooling for an hour or two store the chammanthi podi in an airtight container. Shelf life will be good if stored in refrigerator.
Notes
Store in an airtight container and use within a couple of weeks. If you’ve not roasted the coconut well, it could go rancid pretty quickly, so you can store the chammanthi podi in the fridge. Just make sure to always, always use a clean and dry spoon when serving yourself some. The chammanthi podi is usually eaten with rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 161kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 476mg | Potassium: 218mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 358IU | Vitamin C: 60mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 2mg
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Here is another version of dry chuntey powder
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
meeso says
That powder looks and sounds good 🙂
Cinnamon Girl says
What a delicious spice mix Swathi! And very impressive that you make it from fresh coconut.
Faith says
I just learned something new! I've never heard of this delicious dish before, but I LOVE coconut and I would love to try it! 🙂
Joanne says
I love anything that revolves around coconut and this sounds like a fantastic spice mixture to have around!
Sushma Mallya says
looks nice,love this spicy powder..
simply.food says
This spice mixture sounds interesting and very versatile.
sanjeeta kk says
Very interesting and tangy podi to try.
Priti says
New podi for me and looks gud
Pari says
Swathi, I find these podis big saviours during crisis or huury, u just make rice or dosa and use them.
Premalatha Aravindhan says
perfect podi dear! gr8 combo with idly and dosa...I love it.
Kiran says
Dear Swathi,
This coconut podi looks very delicious.Never had it before.Will definitely try it.
PranisKitchen says
our family favorite.really we love to have rice with chammanti podi n achar.. what a delicious combo.. me too make it bulk..
RV says
It must taste great with piping hot rice. I have used up all the podi that Amma sent across. Now I should either make them from scratch or visit India.
Neetz says
my fav..i can have this with rice with no other curry... i simply love the combo 🙂
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
Wow, that looks like an amazing podi. I have bookmarked it as I love all kinds of podis.
Suman Singh says
hmm..this sounds new to me..looks great!
Sook says
Thank you for this recipe! I so want to try this!
PS says
what a versatile podi.. thanx for sharing the recipe..
Kamalika says
Awesome masala .....looks grt....
PALATABLE says
Sounds interesting and delicious, great recipe....
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srividhya Ravikumar says
lovely podi swathi... all time favourite of mine... thank u dear
aipi says
totally new.. looks spicy n interesting.. thanx 4 sharing dear 🙂
VineelaSiva says
Swathi its mouth watering recipe looks very yummy will give a try.
Satya says
very delicious podi ...very new to me ...i can feel the taste right now ...thankq dear for sharing this wonderful podi
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Guna's kitchen says
very intresting podii.. never heard the name... sounds different... luks delicious and nice color