Name: Sadhya Kaalan
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups Sour curd; 1/2 cup Elephant yam (cut into small pieces, Chena); 1/2 cup Raw banana (cut into small pieces, Pachhakkai); 1/2 of Coconut; 2 spoon Black pepper powder; 1/2 spoon Turmeric powder; 5 nos Green chillies; 1 spoon Fenugreek seeds (Uluva); 1 tbsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 2 - Dry red chillies (Kollamulaku); Curry leaves (A few)

Sadhya Kaalan

Palghat style Kaalan

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Sour curd
1/2 cup Elephant yam cut into small pieces, Chena
1/2 cup Raw banana cut into small pieces, Pachhakkai
1/2 of Coconut
2 spoon Black pepper powder
1/2 spoon Turmeric powder
5 nos Green chillies
1 spoon Fenugreek seeds Uluva
1 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 - Dry red chillies Kollamulaku
Curry leaves A few

Instructions

Heat up a vessel.
Add raw banana and yam pieces along with some water and cook, till done.
Add black pepper powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Grind together coconut and green chillies into a smooth paste.
Add curd into the boiling curry.
Allow it to boil further.
When it becomes thick, add the ground mixture and more curry leaves.
Switch off the gas and close with a lid.
Heat up a pan or a kadai.
Add fenugreek seeds and fry it.
Powder it and add it into the curry.
Heat oil in the same pan.
Splutter mustard seeds and saute curry leaves and dry red chillies.
Add it too into the curry and mix well.
:- For more sadhya items, see my other sadhya recipes.

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Response (3)

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Sharon October 14, 2007

Would adding Cumin enhance the taste?

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V . Kannan June 13, 2007

This recipe for kaalan is the best which I had experimented. The steps are very clear and precise. The end product is a superb fine dish! I thing adding a little jaggery in the end makes this dish extra delicious!

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Deepa Sreekumar August 3, 2008

We tried this recipe and it came out very well. Thanks.