Ingredients
- Yuca Root/Kappa/Tapioca / Cassava - Around 3/4 kg or 1 packet of frozen sliced tapioca
- Grated Coconut – 1.5 cup
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Green chilies - 4
- Garlic – 3 small cloves
- Cumin seeds/Jeerakam – 1/4 – 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves – 2 – 3 sprigs
- Coconut oil – 1tbsp
- Salt – To taste
Method
1. Coarsely grind or crush the grated coconut along with turmeric powder, 4 green chilies, garlic cloves, few curry leaves and cumin seeds in a blender.
2. Clean and chop the tapioca to small pieces. In a deep vessel boil the tapioca pieces with salt. When they are done, drain the water and return it to the original vessel.
3. Add salt and curry leaves to the drained tapioca and mash it adding the ground coconut mixture. Add a tbsp of coconut oil. Mix well. Check for salt. You can season it with mustard seeds (1/2 tsp), dry red chilies (1-2) and a few curry leaves. Serve hot with fish curry, beef curry or mulaku chammanthi.
Tasty and filling food with red meen curry.
Made it for the first time and enjoyed it for dinner.
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Hi maya…for the first time am visiting ur site n fell in love with all the delicacy u have made, all this while i was looking for a site which had all traditional kerala dishes..i made this recipe for d first time and my hubby loved it…really ur superb…
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hi maya…thanks for ur response..my name is sherleena,am from thiruvalla currently residing in abu dhabi..from ur blog today my recipe is cherupayar n kanji..thanks for encouraging to cook and it really tempts to make all these wonderful dishes.am slowly trying each dish..thanks a lot..takecare…
Nice to meet you, Sherleena. I am also from Thiruvalla :). We really hope that you will like our recipes. Good luck with your experiments!
hey maya i tried this recipe today and my husband loved it very much…. thanks alot.. ๐
You’re welcome! ๐ Great to know that you guys enjoyed it..Hope you get to try more of my recipes..