Kerala Style Thenga Chammanthi | Fresh Coconut Chutney

Thenga (Coconut) Chammanthi (Chutney) Recipe

Thenga Chammanthi is a popular traditional side dish made with coconut and involves no cooking. Thenga Chammanthi is the star dish in Pothichor (Meals parceled to school/ office in wilted banana leaves).

In earlier days we were preparing Thenga chammanthi in Ammi kallu/ Ara kallu (Kallu means stone, Ammi kallu – a flat stone with a cylindrical stone to grind the ingredients). Now a days everyone making Chammanthi in Mixer grinder but it’s not as tasty as we prepare the Thenga Chammanthi in Ammi kallu. 🙁

There is an order to grind ingredients in Ammi kallu – First salt and tamarind (vaalan puli), then red chillies (vatal mulak), shallots (Chuvannulli), ginger, garlic, curry leaves and finally freshly scraped coconut. After grinding each ingredients, it should be swiped to one side of the Ammi kallu. (It’s a practice – Not everyone can do it perfectly in the first try:) ). And finally with the grinding stone itself everything will be mixed together well – it’s a technique. Finally with hands we have to round the Thenga chammanthi as shown in my picture.

Some people like to add little coconut oil to the Thenga Chammanthi and mix to get an extra flavour.

Tamarind (Vaalan puli) is widely used to give sourness to Thenga Chammanthi. But according to the seasons Raw mango/ Bimbli fruit (Irumban puli/ Chemmeen puli)/ Gooseberry (Nellikka) etc are also added to give sourness.

Best combination

  • Kerala rice + Pickle + Curd
  • Kerala rice + Fish curry/ fry + Pickle + Curd
  • Kerala rice + Mutta porichathu (Egg omlet) + Pickle

Kerala Style Thenga Chammanthi | Fresh Coconut Chutney Recipe

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: Cooking Time:

Ingredients

  • (I'm using 200 ml cup for measurement)
  • 1. Fresh coconut - 1/4 Coconut or 1 Cup - Scraped
  • 2. Dried red chilly - 4 Nos or 1/2 Teaspoon Red chilly powder
  • 3. Shallots - 3 Nos (Chuvannulli) - Medium sized
  • 4. Ginger - 1/2 Teaspoon Chopped/ A small piece
  • 5. Garlic - 1 Clove (Optional)
  • 6. Tamarind - 1/2 Teaspoon (Vaalan puli/ Pizhi puli)
  • 7. Curry leaves - 4 Leaves
  • 8. Salt - As required

Instructions

  1. Soak dried chili in water for 5 minutes. Skip this step if you are using red chili powder.
  2. Grind together all ingredients without adding water into a smooth texture.

Thenga chammanthi recipe in Malayalam

കാൽ മുറി തേങ്ങയും, വെള്ളത്തിൽ കുതിർത്ത 4 വറ്റൽ മുളകും (അഥവാ അര ടീസ്പൂൺ മുളക് പൊടിയും), 3 കഷ്ണം ചുവന്നുള്ളിയും, ഒരു ചെറിയ കഷ്ണം ഇഞ്ചിയും, അര ടീസ്‌പൂൺ വാളൻ പുളിയും, വേണമെങ്കിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ അല്ലി വെളുത്തുള്ളിയും, ഉപ്പും ചേർത്ത് ഒട്ടും വെള്ളം ചേർക്കാതെ നല്ലപോലെ അരച്ചെടുക്കുക. തേങ്ങാ ചമ്മന്തി റെഡി. 🙂

ഇങ്ങനെ അരച്ച് വച്ച ചമ്മന്തിയിലേക്കു അൽപ്പം പച്ച വെളിച്ചെണ്ണ ചേർത്തിളക്കിയാൽ പിന്നേം സ്വാദ് കൂടും. നല്ല ചൂട് ചോറിന്റെ കൂടെ തേങ്ങാ ചമ്മന്തിയും, കുറച്ചു തൈരും, മാങ്ങ അച്ചാറും കൂടെ ചേർത്തിളക്കിയാൽ അടിപൊളി ആയിരിക്കും 🙂 ഇത് അമ്മി കല്ലിൽ വച്ച് അരച്ചെടുക്കുകയാണേൽ പിന്നെ വേറൊന്നും വേണ്ട കൂട്ടാൻ…

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