Alpam 'chirava puranam' (A short story about coconut scraper)
This post has been contributed by my dad, S. Muthukrishna Iyer,(a retired ISRO engineer) who himself is an expert cook and handles all the kitchen items ( like coconut scraper, kitchen knives, wet grinder) effortlessly, even though, he is in his sixties. Hi friends, Coconut and chirava ( coconut scraper) are inseparable as coconut and malayali. For Keralites, a curry or a delicacy is not complete without coconut being part of it in one form or other. The above photo is the one my daughter sent. ...