Sadhya Kaalan

Ingredientsfor 8 servings

• 11/2 cup Sour curd
• 1/2 cup Elephant yam — cut into small pieces, chena
• 1/2 cup Raw banana — cut into small pieces, pachhakkai
• 1/2 Of Coconut
• 2 Spoon Black pepper powder
• 1/2 Spoon Turmeric powder
• 5 nos Green chillies
• 1 Spoon Fenugreek seeds (Uluva)
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 2 - Dry red chillies (Kollamulaku)
• Curry leaves A, a few

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Heat up a vessel.

2. Step 2

   Add raw banana and yam pieces along with some water and cook, till done.

3. Step 3

   Add black pepper powder, turmeric powder and salt.

4. Step 4

   Grind together coconut and green chillies into a smooth paste.

5. Step 5

   Add curd into the boiling curry.

6. Step 6

   Allow it to boil further.

7. Step 7

   When it becomes thick, add the ground mixture and more curry leaves.

8. Step 8

   Switch off the gas and close with a lid.

9. Step 9

   Heat up a pan or a kadai.

10. Step 10

    Add fenugreek seeds and fry it.

11. Step 11

    Powder it and add it into the curry.

12. Step 12

    Heat the oil in the same pan.

13. Step 13

    Let the mustard seeds crackle and cook curry leaves and dry red chillies.

14. Step 14

    Add it too into the curry and Stir everything together thoroughly.

15. Step 15

    For more sadhya items, see my other sadhya recipes.