Coconut chutney with red chillies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh Coconut pieces
• 1 tbsp Urad dal
• 5-6 Red chillies
• A big marble sized tamarind
• 1/2 tsp Oil
• Salt to taste

To temper:

• 1-2 tbsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp Urad dal
• 8-10 Curry leaves
• A pinch of Asafoetida  
• 3-4 crushed garlic pods(optional)

Method:

1. Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a kadai and add urad dal and fry until it is red in color.Add red chillies and fry until they are red.Cool them.
2. Grind urad dal,red chillies with salt to a coarse powder.
3. Add coconut pieces and tamarind and add little water to a very coarse paste.Do not add more water,add just 1-2 tbsps of water.
4. Meanwhile heat 2tbsp oil in the same kadai and crackle mustard seeds.Add urad dal and fry until red.Add asafoetida,crushed garlic pods and curry leaves and fry for half a minute.Pour this on to the pacchadi.
5. Serve it with hot rice and ghee,it tastes best when mixed in hot rice with lots of ghee and fryums on the side.