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Friday, February 3, 2012

Kalan/Moru curry/Curd Curry



You can use raw bananas or slightly ripened bananas for making kalan.I like the sour-sweet combo very much.

Ingredients
Ethakka/Plantains/Banana - 2 nos
Oil -2 tsp
Turmeric powder -3/4 tsp
Green chilies-3 sliced vertically
Chilly powder -1/2 tsp
Coconut- 1 cup (1/2 of a grated coconut or less as required )
Fenugreek/cumin seeds/jeerakam-1tsp (or more as required)
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Red chilies-3-4
Curry leaves- 1 spring
Salt-as required


Preparation
1.Wash and peel the banana,cut in to cubes.
2.Cook the plantains in water by adding 3/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp chilly powder ,salt and green chilies.
3.Grind 1 cup of coconut and 1tsp cumin seeds well to get a fine paste.
4.When the bananas are almost done add the above ground paste .Close the lid and cook for 2 more minutes.
5.Beat one cup yogurt and add to the above mixture.Switch off the flame before the curd boils.
6.Finally,heat 2 tsp oil in a pan.Splutter mustard seeds and fry dry chilly and curry leaves.Add this to the kalan.









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