Thengai podi/coconut powder....One powder___multipurpose use

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Coconut powder or thengai podi is easy to make with minimal ingredients but can be used in many dishes. Very tasty and protein rich. Ideal for all,children to adults... Let's see how to prepare.
Ingredients 
Coconut grated 1/2 cup
Urud dal 1/4  cup
Channa dal 1/2cup
Red chilli 2
Asafoetida 1 pinch
Mustard seeds 1tsp
Ghee 1 tsp
Cooking oil 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Preparation time 10 mins.
Preparation 
Heat a pan with 1 tsp cooking oil.
Add Asafoetida and mustard seed and allow to pop.
Add channa dal and urud dal and saute till golden brown.
Once done remove in a plate.
In the same pan add Red chilli and saute till golden brown.

Once done remove and store in a plate. 
Heat the pan with 1 tsp ghee.
Add coconut and saute till golden brown in a low flame.
This is how it should be.
Cool all the fried ingredients 
In a dry mixie add all ingredients except coconut and salt.
Grind to coarse .
Add coconut and salt and grind to coarse powder 
Coconut powder is ready. Store in a dry air tight container. It can be refrigerated for a week.Though its shelf life is less we can use this in varied dishes.
1. We can mix with rice with little ghee and have instead of sambar  or rasam.
2. If no vegetable side dish is available we can use this as a side dish.
3. When we make vegetable curry we can sprinkle on it at the last to enhance the taste and flavour 
4. We can spread on dosa to prepare podi dosa.
5. Instead of gun powder(idlli milagai podi) we can use this for those who doesn't like more spice .
Do try and share me your feed back 
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