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Kerala Style Kaalan

Kerala Style Kalan

Kerala Style Kalan is a traditional styled ethnic dish very popular in Kerala Cuisine.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 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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