Kalan [ kerala recipe ]

Ingredients:

• Elephant yam [ senai kilangu ] - 1/4 kg. [ wash, peel the skin and cut into big cubes ]
• Raw banana [ nantherangai ] - 2 [ peel the skin and cut into big cubes ]
• Curd - 3 cups [ well beaten ]
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
• Salt - as required
• Curry leaves - little
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 1/2 cup
• Green chillies - 3 to 4
• Red dry chillie - 1
• Cummin seeds - 1/4 sp

For seasoning:

• Coconut oil - 1 tbl sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Red chili - 1
• Curry leaves - little

Method:
Cook the vegetables till tender, with just enough water adding turmeric powder. Grind together finely grated coconut, green chillies, red chili, cumin seeds to a fine paste. Add salt and ground masala to the vegetables, boil for another 5 mints. Add well beaten curd and curry leaves. When it comes to boil remove from the gas. Season the ingredients [ given under seasoning.]
Serve hot with rice and papads or other accompaniments like kootu, thoran, poriyal, usili etc.


                                                            

Type -2

Ingredients:

• Raw banana - 2
• Red chili powder - 1 / 4 sp
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Coarsely crushed pepper - little
• Cumin seeds 1 / 4 sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 / 4 sp
• Red chillies - 2
• Curry leaves - little
• Grated fresh coconut - 2 table sps.
• Coriander leaves - little
• Oil - for frying
• Salt - as required
• Fresh thick curds - 1/2 cup

Method:
Peel outer skin from banana and cut into an inch squares. Dip in water till required. Then heat oil in pan, put mustard seeds, cumin, pepper, broken red chillies, curry leaves and then banana pieces. Fry for few minutes, add turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Add curds and reduce flame. Cook till dry and banana becomes soft. Fry coconut till it turns golden brown in coconut oil and add to kalan just before removing from gas.Your tasty easy kalan is ready to serve.