KERALA KAALAN RECIPE Serves 4 Ingredients:Curd – 1.5 cups lightly beaten to remove lumps, best if slightly sourElephant yam (chena) – 1/2 cup, cubedCoconut – 1/2 cupPepper powder – 1/2 tspTurmeric powder – 1/4 tspGreen chillies – 2 to 3Fenugreek seeds (uluva) – 1/4 tspDried red chillies – 2Oil – 1 tbspMustard seeds – 1/2 tspCurry leaves – a fewHow to Make Kaalan

  1. Heat 1 cup water with the yam pieces and cook till almost done. (A fork inserted should come out easily. Make sure that the pieces are not mushy, just cooked). Meanwhile, grind coconut with green chillies well, with very little water.
  2. Add salt, pepper powder and turmeric powder to the pan.
  3. Lower the fire to minimum and add the beaten curd along with the ground coconut. After about five minutes, removed from fire and set aside.
  4. Heat oil in a pan and temper mustard seeds. Lightly fry the fenugreek seeds (take care not to burn it!) with the curry leaves and the red chillies. Add this to the above curry and mix well.