A preparation of buttermilk with thick gravy and the must on the menu for Onam

KALAN

#myrecipe
By Pooja Sanghavi

Feb, 23rd

575

Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
11 - 13

Ingredients

  • 1 Raw banana
  • 6 cups Beaten, thick sour curds
  • 200 gms Chena
  • 1 cup Coconut
  • 2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp Pepper powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 2-3 Red chillies
  • 2-3 Green chillies
  • 1 tbsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Methi seeds
  • few Curry leaves
  • Coconut oil

Instructions

  • ●Wash and cut the vegetables into 2" square pieces. They should be thick ●Grind the coconut and cumin to a smooth paste without adding water. Keep it aside. ●Fry the methi seeds to a golden brown in a drop of oil and grind to a fine powder and keep this aside also..
  • ●In 1/2cup of water dissolve the pepper powder and strain it through a clean cloth. Cook the vegetables in this water with turmeric powder and salt.. When the water dries, add 1tsp ghee ●Add the beaten sour curds to the cooked vegetables and boil, stirring occasionally, until the gravy is thickened.
  • ●Add the grinded coconut mixture and fenugreek powder into it and bring the gravy to boil stirring continuously. ●Remove the gravy from flame.
  • ●Heat oil in a pan. When it smokes add the mustard seeds. When the mustard splutters, add the red chillies broken into halves and curry leaves and season the gravy with it. ●Enjoy it with rice.