Grilled Coconut:(Country Style)

Grilled Coconut, Tandoor Style Nariyal. Sutta Thengai. Thengai Sutadhu. Tropical Grilled Coconuts.

Ingredients:

Whole Coconut large – 1
Poha/Aval/Rice flakes – ¼ cup
Grated Coconut ½ cup
Roasted Chana ¼ cup
Toasted Sesame seeds 1 fistful
Cashew nuts – roughly chopped 1 fistful
Cardamom seeds powder 1 spoon
Ghee few spoons.

Things Required:

Fire wood or Charcoal (to make steady fire for ½ a hour)
Sealant – wheat dough or all purpose flour dough – 1 spoon

Method:

Make a small narrow hole in one of the 3 eyes of coconut. (coconut has 3 dark ½ inch size eye spots at one end)

Now carefully load all the above mentioned ingredients, one by one in the hole. Hold the hole using your thump. Then gently rock the coconut, in order to mix the ingredients, inside.

Now seal the hole with wheat dough.

Make a steady fire, either using charcoal or fire wood. Then throw this coconut in the fire. Let it stand for at least half an hour.

Carefully remove this coconut from fire, remove the shell. Empty the contents into a display bowl.

Serve warm.