Ingredients

100 gram dried shrimps (clean head and tail away)

5 nos dried red chillies (vattal mulaku)

10 gram fresh ginger

100 gram grated coconut

10 gram tamarind

2-3 pieces garlic

Curry leaves

Salt to taste

Preparation

Fry the shrimps and red chillies in a low, thick bottomed pan on a low flame.

Stir the ingredients so often and take care that the dried shrimps don`t get burned.

When done take off the heat and leave it to cool.

Give the fried shrimps and red chillies in a grinder and grind them well.

Take the powder from the grinder.

Add ginger, grated coconut, tamarind, garlic, curry leaves and salt to the grinder and grind them well.

When done add the schrimp powder and run the grinder once more to mix them well.

A very delicious chutney to serve with rice, idly, dosa usw…Serve this chutney fresh. Not very suitable for refrigerator that it may lose its taste.