Kalan – A Delicacy From Kerala

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About Kalan - A Delicacy From Kerala

Kalan is a truely delicious vegetable side dish boiled and simmered in curd / yogurt with spices and enhanced with the coconut paste. No feast in Kerala is complete without this Kalan. The veggies coated with rich and creamy gravy really makes it lipsmacking...
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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Served AsLunch
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

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Instructions
 

  • Grind 3 table spoons of fresh grated coconut, 2 green chillies and 1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds (jeeragam) to fine paste with little water and keep aside.
  • In a pan dry roast the fenugreek seeds / venthayam to golden brown, powder it and keep aside. Cut the veggies in to small cubes. Wash them. In a pan pour 2 cups of water and add the Yam pieces first.
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  • When they are half boiled add the banana pieces. Put the salt, pepper powder, red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Allow them to boil till they are cooked and the water becomes minimum.
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  • Now add ghee to the boiling stuff and pour the curd to it and stir well. Let them boil till the stuff becomes thick and curd becomes creamy. Transfer the coconut paste to the pan and mix well. Add the fenugreek powder too.
  • Heat a sauteing pan with coconut oil, add the tempering items and transfer to the pan.
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Subhashni Venkatesh
Subhashni Venkatesh

I am a native of Kanyakumari district, brought up in Tiruchirapalli, and settled in Tirunelveli. I started exploring cooking at the age of 15 and learned a variety of recipes from my two grandmothers, friends, aunts, mother, and mother-in-law.

Cooking is, of course, my passion. I work as a teacher, and my colleagues love to receive recipes and tips from me, just as I enjoy learning from them. My son and husband encourage me to experiment with and innovate new dishes."

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