Thengai podi

Ingredients:

Grated coconut - 2 cups
broken urad dal - 2 table spoon
Dry red chillies - 2
asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
salt and oil as necessary

Method:

Heat the pan. Pour a little oil and roast the urad dal, red chillies till the dal becomes brown. Keep the dal and chillies aside.
Roast the grated coconut in the same pan. When it is dried (you will know it from the sound), add salt and asafoetida to the coconut. Take the pan off the heat.

When all the ingredients cool down, grind them together and store it in an air-tight container. You can add more salt, if needed, when you grind the podi.

This can be eaten with roti, rice and dosa.