Kachiyamoru In Traditional Style
A traditional preparation from Kerala that balances flavour, texture, and aroma in the way that only home cooking can. No two households make it exactly the same, and that is the point.
Ingredientsfor 3 servings
- 2 cup Buttermilk
- 2 Dsp Coconut — grated
- 1/2 Dsp Ginger — thinly sliced
- 1 nos Shallots (Kunjulli)
- 2 nos Green chillies — slit
- Turmeric powder, to taste
- 1 Clove Garlic
- Cumin seeds A pinch (Jeerakam)
- Salt, to taste
- 1/2 Dsp Shallots — sliced (Kunjulli)
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek roasted and — powdered
- 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
- Fenugreek( whole) - 1/4 tsp (Uluva)
- 1 nos Dry red chillies cut in half
- 1/4 tsp Chilly powder — optional
- Curry leaves, a few
- Oil, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
For preparing kachiyamoru in traditional style, first grind the grated coconut with shallots, garlic and cumin seeds to a fine paste. Set aside.
Step 2
Place a pan on the stove and cook ginger, green chillies, turmeric, required salt with some water till almost dry.
Step 3
Remove the vessel from fire and mix in the buttermilk. Set aside.
Step 4
Get another pan and heat oil. let the mustard seeds crackle and fry whole fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, dry red chilly and shallots.
Step 5
When the shallots are fried remove the pan from fire and add chilly powder and fenugreek powder.
Step 6
Stir in previously ground coconut mixture and cook for a few minutes.
Step 7
Pour buttermilk mixture into the coconut and heat in low flame stirring continuously. Add required salt and when steam issues from buttermilk remove the vessel from fire. Do not boil.
Step 8
Stir till the kachiyamoru has cooled down.
Step 9
Kachiyamoru in traditional style, a sadhya recipe, is ready.
Tip
Fresh curry leaves make a genuine difference. Dried curry leaves are a poor substitute — if you cannot get fresh ones, increase the quantity and fry them longer.
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