Puzhukku [ kerala recipe ]

Ingredients :

• Green gram dal [ muzu pacha payaru ] - 1 cup [ soaked in enough water before day ]
• Yam [ senai kilangu ] - 1 / 4 k. g.[ peel the skin  and cut in cubes ]
• Raw banana [ valaikkai ] -2 [ peel and cut in cubes ]
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Salt - as required
• Jaggery - 1 / 2 sp
• Coconut oil - 2 tabl. sps.
• Curry leaves - little
• Red dry chillies - 1[ broken ]
• Green chillies - 2 [ broken ]
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 / 2 cup

For seasoning :

Mustard seeds - 1 sp
Broken or full black gramdal - 1 sp

Grind together :

Grind coconut, red chillie, green chillies together to a smooth paste.


Method :

First take one small pressure cooker add yam, green gram,and raw banana along with salt, turmeric, jaggery with 1 / 2 glass of water. Pressure cook till it becomes tender. Then open the cooker add the ground masala, and mix well. Keep in lower flame and boil for another 3 mints. When the gravy becomes thick add the seasonings in coconut oil along with curry leaves. Remove from the gas. Serve as a side dish.Your tasty puzhukku is ready to eat.