Kalan is a kerala side dish. It is prepared with sour curd. Kalan take part in the kerala lunch menu. I love this dish very much. It is go well with chapatti too. It is also known as kurukku kalan. Now let us see the recipe.
Ingredients:
- Raw Plantain (Vazhakkai) – 1 cup
- Elephant – 1 cup
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Pepper powder – ½ tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Sour curd – 1 cup
- Fenugreek powder – ¼ tsp
- Grind
- Coconut – 1/3 tsp
- Jeera – 1 tsp
- Green chilli – 3
- To temper:
- Coconut oil – 3 tsp
- Curry leaves – 10
- Mustard – ½ tsp
- Fenugreek – ½ tsp
- Red chilli – 2
Method:
Peel plantain and elephant yam and cut into cubes. Cook with turmeric powder, chilli powder, pepper powder, salt and little water. Grind coconut, greenchilli and jeera in a mixie. Add ground mixture to the cooked veggies. Whisk the curd and add. Add fenugreek powder and boil for few minutes. Heat coconut oil in a frying pan and add all tempering items. When they crackle add to the kalan.
Note:
Sour curd enhances the taste of kalan.
You can use either plantain or yam or both.
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