Thengai thogayal recipe with full video and step by step pictorial instructions.
Thengai thogayal is a popular South Indian dish made as an accompaniment for rice. My amma makes it so yum. Slowly I have inherited that from her . Though everyone says I make it so well, still I feel it was not matching to the same as amma makes. Slowly after few years of experience i gained the mastery over this simple dish. Now I can say my Vatha kuzhambu and thengai thogayal tastes the same. Infact my daughter who is a big foodie says, that I make the best Vatha kuzhambu than paati.
What is the secret ingredient in making the best thengai thogayal
Freshly grated coconut is the key for any coconut-based chutneys or thogayals. Many of us who are living in abroad use frozen coconut. But if you have access to fresh coconut, just break it and make the thogayal immediately. Also, amma says, it is best if you grate the coconut, rather than making into pieces and grinding it for the thengai thogayal.
The red chilis are added more for this particular thogayal. The tamarind and the coconut balances the spiciness of the chilis.
How you serve Thengai thogayal – What combos works well- How to eat the thogayal
Thengai thoyagal is usually mixed with plain hot rice smeared with sesame oil . We can have fire roasted papad( sutta appalam) and a poricha kootu as an accompaniment. Thengai thogayal can be had as an accompaniment with curd rice too. I personally love this combo very much. Last but not the least, we can have the thogayal sadam with Mor kuzhambu and with Rasam too. If you haven’t tried these combos, i strongly recommend you to try the thogayal sadam with plain tomato rasam and a curry of your choice.
Check out the other popular thogayal recipes – Raw mango thogayal, kothamalli thogayal, Kovakkai thogayal and chow chow thogayal
Thengai thogayal recipe
Thengai thogayal recipe
Ingredients
- ¾ cup fresh coconut
- 3 tbsp Urad dal
- 6-8 red chilis
- 2 tsp oil
- Asafoetida a generous pinch
- A small gooseberry sized tamarind
- Salt as needed
Video
Method with step wise pictures:
- Heat a pan and add 2 tsp oil. Add the Urad dal, tamarind, red chili, and asafoetida.
- Fry till the dal turns golden brown.
- Switch off the flame .
- Add the coconut to this.
- Allow it to cool and add salt.
- Grind it in the mixie into a fine paste by adding very little water.
- Enjoy with hot rice smeared with sesame oil or ghee.
Thogiyal Luks Super Jeyashri,Eppo ve Sapaidanum pola irruku!
Thogiyal with sambar and rasam, typing itself make my mouth watering here…Happy Tamil New year wishes Jeya..
i love to have it with kanji (or) curd rice
I love this thuvayal too, my favourite combination with this thuvayal is lemon rice 🙂 Happy Tamil New year to you & to your family!!!
I love this with rasam rice… so soothing and yum
I too make a similar way,i love with idly the best,also arisi upma,never tried with rice will try that too:)
Great to know about all the combos.Will try all one by one.
I too make similar way.. looks yummy and we have with rice roti too….other than the idli, puliyodharai. Never tasted with arisi upma ..I can imagine how it taste surely yumm..
இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்.
Yummy 🙂 the click is so tempting 🙂
Happy tamil new year wishes..
Nice recipe..
Thovayal is my fav….can have it with rice, idly or even upmas….ur version sounds tasty!
My mom makes this the exact same way especially when she makes ven pongal.. I love this.
could you put any recipie using soya chunks?
looks yumm
மொளகா பழம் பாக்கர்துக்கு அழகா இருக்கு!! nice photos
thengai thogiyal looks so yummy..very easy one and good with plain rice..mixing this thogiyal with rice will give a nice flavor
thanks for sharing
BTW new here …lovely space u have
Coconut thogiyal looks delicious and tasty..never heard..now I can try..
Thengai thuvaiyal sounds tastee, like it with rasam rice.
Looks sooo delicious in ur click.. awesome recipe.. thanks for sharing!!
Yenakku romba pidikum indha thogayal. nice clicks 🙂
We too make this for idly ..Looks nice..nice click too 🙂
next post poodalaiyaa innum…;((
wow. i can finish that whole bowl in a jiffy. looks too good. yumm.
Nice receipe.u can add a small piece of ginger saute it with above mixture and grind it.this will increase the taste of thogayal.recently only I am reading ur receipes.u are doing great. All the very best.thank u.
Hi mam instead of red chilli, can red chilli flakes be used, if so what's the measurement. Please guide.