Name: Kerala Style Kalan
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 100 g Raw banana (Ethakkai); 100 g Elephant yam (Chena); 50 g Green chillies (slit); 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; Salt (As reqd); 10 g Pepper powder; 1 tsp Ghee; 1 ltr Curd (not too sour); 1/4 of Coconut; 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 1 tbsp Coconut oil; 2 nos Dry red chillies (Kollamulaku); 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds(roasted and powdered) (Uluva); Curry leaves (Few)

Kerala Style Kalan

Kerala Style Kalan is a traditional styled ethnic dish very popular in Kerala Cuisine.

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

100 g Raw banana Ethakkai
100 g Elephant yam Chena
50 g Green chillies slit
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt As reqd
10 g Pepper powder
1 tsp Ghee
1 ltr Curd not too sour
1/4 of Coconut
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
1 tbsp Coconut oil
2 nos Dry red chillies Kollamulaku
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds(roasted and powdered) Uluva
Curry leaves Few

Instructions

For preparing the tasty dish, first peel skin off the raw bananas and the yam.
Cut vegetables into small pieces.
Place the chopped vegetables along with salt, turmeric powder, pepper powder and water in a vessel and allow it to cook.
When the vegetables are cooked and all the water has completely evaporated, add a tsp of ghee and mix well.
Add the curd to the above mixture and mix well.
Allow it to boil and when it thickens and finally gets reduced, remove from the flame.
Grind together grated coconut and cumin seeds.
Add the above ground mixture into the vessel and mix well.
Heat oil in a small pan or a kadai.
Splutter mustard seeds and saute dry red chillies and curry leaves.
Add the above seasoning into the kalan and mix well.
Add the roasted and powdered fenugreek into the dish and mix again.
Cover the vessel with a lid to lock the flavour.

Notes

You can visit this link for a healthy dish Aviyal. You can also visit this link Raw Mango Curry without Coconut.

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