Name: Kaalan
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Papaya/Ash gourd/Bottled gourd(Churakka)(cut into small pieces) (Kumbalam); 4 nos Green chillies; Curry leaves (A few); 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 cup Water; 1 cup Grated coconut; 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 4 nos Garlic; 2 tbsp Small onions/Kunjulli (finely chopped); 1 tbsp Oil; 4 nos Split red chillies; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds (Uluva); Curry leaves (A few)

Kaalan

Dish with rice

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Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

2 cups Papaya/Ash gourd/Bottled gourd(Churakka)(cut into small pieces) Kumbalam
4 nos Green chillies
Curry leaves A few
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 cup Water
1 cup Grated coconut
1 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
4 nos Garlic
2 tbsp Small onions/Kunjulli finely chopped
1 tbsp Oil
4 nos Split red chillies
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds Uluva
Curry leaves A few

Instructions

Mix all the vegetables, chillies, curry leaves, turmeric powder and water and allow it to cook.
Grind together to a fine paste grated fresh coconut, cumin seeds and garlic pods.
Mix it with the vegetables together with salt and bring it to a boil.
Allow it to cool for 5 min.
Now add 3 cups of thick butter milk and warm the mixture again on slow fire. Do not boil. Remove from fire.
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds to it and allow it to crackle. Then add dry red chillies and the curry leaves.
Add this seasoning to the above mixture.