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Dried Gooseberry/Mango/Naarthangai Pachadi
Ingredients
Dried Gooseberry/Mango/Naarthangai Pachadi Ingredients: Sour Curds 1 –2 cups; Scraped Coconut 2 tablespoons; Green Chillies-2 nos. Salt to taste; Dried Gooseberry powder or pieces 2 tspns. Or few pcs. For Seasoning: Oil 1 tspn; A few Curry Leaves; ½ tspn Mustard Seeds; 1 Red Dry Chilly deseeded & broken up into pcs; ½ tspn Urud Dhal.
Method
Method Put the Gooseberry powder in a cup pour ¼ cup hot water over it & leave to soak for ½ an hour when the powder becomes soft to touch put it into a mixie jar add green chillies, coconut scrapings & ½ cup curd & grind to a smooth paste – remove – pour the mixture into a bowl add remaining curds, salt to taste mix well – Season with the Seasoning Ingredients & serve with Erasarai/Molagootal/Pitla. *You could use dried Mango/Naarthangai Pieces – use 7-8 pcs of dried mango/naarthangai - let it soak in hot water - throw away the water in which the mango was soaking – cut mango into small pieces & proceed as above.

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