Divya’s Nalabhagam – Authentic Home-Style Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Welcome to Divya’s Nalabhagam. I’m Divya, a passionate home cook with a Master’s degree in Nutrition and over 20 years of cooking experience. This blog shares authentic South and North Indian vegetarian recipes inspired by homestyle cooking and family traditions — from easy breakfast recipes and Indian sweets to kuzhambu, side dishes, rice varieties, and festival recipes, all prepared with simple ingredients and explained step by step.

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Thengai Thogayal | Thengai Thuvaiyal | Coconut Thogayal


 Thengai Thogayal  | Thengai Thuvaiyal  | Coconut Thogayal recipe


Thengai thogayal | Thengai Thuvaiyal | coconut thogayal


Thengai thuvaiyal/thogayal is a yummy and traditional south Indian thuvaiyal/thogayal (chutney )variety made with coconut.It is different from our regular coconut chutney where we do not fry the coconut but in this thogayal we saute the coconut along with onion, green chillies, garlic etc and then grind it to paste .There are many variations for this thogayal here I have posted one variety which is Vellai (white) thengai thogayal. Check out the recipe below.

Ingredients 

Grated coconut - 1 1/2 cups
Onion- 1 no chopped
Garlic -3 pieces
Green chillies - 4 nos
Urad dhal -1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind- small gooseberry size
Salt
Oil 1 tsp

Recipe Video



 

Method 

  👉Heat oil in a kadai add mustard seeds,urud dal,onion,garlic,green chillies, tamarind fry for a minute,then add coconut saute for 2 minutes until raw smell goes,add salt .
👉Grind everything together adding very little water to a paste.



Serves-4
Preparation time -5 mins

Note-

✍️This thuvaiyal  is a best combination for appam, idli n dosai.
✍️Don't over fry the coconut.

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