Well, it's been sometime since we chatted, right? This was an unexpected break, just like some other unexpected things happened in the past. I had a wonderful time in the past few weeks. My brother and family visited us last month. We had a fab time with my two little nephews ruling the place :) Once they left, I was thinking, now what's next!? It's always nice to look forward to something, right? That's when Jose asked if we should make a trip to US. I causally said sure, that we could plan something in the next few months. But then he showed me the bookings for flight and hotel and asked me to start packing… as we were to leave the next day! It was my birthday on June 6th and Jose took me to New York as a surprise b'day gift!
So, that's how we ended up in New York. Do you remember about the post where I told you that we planned a holiday and that didnt work out? Well, it was our US trip plan. So this time, we didn't make any plans. Jose just booked the flight and hotel 2 days in advance and told me just one day before leaving!
We had a wonderful holiday. Since we didn't plan anything, we got up each morning and decided what to do depending on the weather. We mainly roamed through the streets of New York… sightseeing, eating, drinking, shopping… We were able to meet some of our cousins, whom we were meeting after a long time, say 15 years! We also went for the “Lion King” show and I loved it. It was my first experience with anything like that and I would strongly recommend seeing it, if you happen to be there in that part of the world. To top it off, we happened to see Ricky Martin, when we were getting out after the show :)
Ok, I should say something about food, right? We were always confused about where to go, because there are ‘n' number of places to eat. While Jose focused on the seafood, I decided to check out the desserts, especially the famous “New york Cheesecake”. I've shared an album on MariasMenu Facebook page, you can see it here, if you like.
We reached Bahrain last Wednesday night. I'm still in the process of getting back to the routine. But the first thing I did was to make some rice and chammanthi (chutney). That's when I thought about this chammanthi, which I promised to post long time ago… Though chammanthi is a regular fare at home, this one is kinda new at our place. I dont know why it took so long for us to make it, but once you get the taste of it, you sure will go back for more :)
Here is the recipe…
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Cleaned dried shrimp
- 1 cup Grated coconut
- 2-3 tsp Crushed red chilli (refer notes)
- 4 Small / Pearl onion (sliced)
- 1/2 tsp Ginger (chopped)
- Curry leaves
- Salt
- Coconut oil
Instructions
- Dry rost the cleaned dried shrimp for 7-8 mins on low flame. Keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add crushed red chilli and sliced small onions. Fry it for 2 mins. Add grated coconut and stir for a few mins. Do not brown it. This is done mainly to remove the water content from the coconut. Remove from fire and let it cool.
- Combine the heated coconut, roasted dried shrimp, ginger, salt and curry leaves. Grind everything together, till the dried shrimps are powdered well. Do not add water while grinding.
- Serve with rice.
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Hope ur doing well. Is it possible to store this out in a cool dry place? how long would it stay if yes? Also would we get cleaned dried prawns here in Bahrain?
Hi Pooja,
I usually get the dried prawns from Kerala. But I guess, you could get it in Lulu or Al Fanar Vegetable shop in Salmaniya. Yes, you can store it outside, as long as the ac is on :) Btw, if you are planning to store it longer, make sure you fry the coconut till it becomes rich brown colour. In the recipe, I’ve mentioned not to fry it much, but in that case, you cant store it for longer time.
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria,
I have a question. Do I have to wash dried prawns before make chamanthi podi?
Dear Maria,
can we use frozen cooked chemeen instead dried chemeen for this reciepe?let me know pls….
Dear Angel,
I dont think frozen ones work well for this :(( I do hope you get some dried shrimp to try this out.
Cheers
Maria
Dear Maria mam,
After trying your Kadalaraparippu prathaman and Meen vevichathu, today we tried Unakka chemmen chammanhy..Very tasty and easy to cook. Thanks a lot, i depend only your site while trying any dish.It is really authentic……Congras!
Hi Anil,
Thanks a lot for trying the recipes from here. I’m honoured to know that you trust the recipes posted here :)
Thanks for sharing your feedback. Btw, you can call me Maria :)
Hi Anil,
Thanks a lot for trying the recipes from here. I’m honoured to know that you trust the recipes posted here :)
Thanks for sharing your feedback. Btw, you can call me Maria :)
hi maam im new to this site. i tried a couple of recipes i enjoyed it…thank u for these recipes….
Hi Hari,
Welcome to MariasMenu!
Thanks for trying the recipes from here, I’m happy you liked them :)
Cheers
Maria
happy birthday chechi…
Thank you so much dear :)