Kappa Ularthu
Ingredients
- 500 g Tapioca Kappa
- 10 nos Small onions or Cheriya ulli
- 10 nos Garlic cloves
- Kashmiri chilly powder As per your wish
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- Curry leaves few
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds optional
- Salt As reqd
- 1 tbsp Coconut Oil
Instructions
- Cook tapioca pieces along with salt in a pressure cooker, till done.
- Cut them into small or medium sized pieces. Keep it aside.
- Crush (do not chop or slice) the small onions and the unpeeled garlic cloves.
- Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.
- Splutter mustard seeds.
- Add crushed small onions and crushed garlic and saute for a while.
- Reduce the flame and add turmeric powder followed by chilly powder and fry. See to it that it doesn't get burnt.
- Add curry leaves and saute again.
- Add a little salt, if necessary.
- Add the chopped tapioca pieces.
- Stir well for a few minutes till the whole mixture gets mixed well. You can pour in a couple of tsp of oil too if the whole thing gets too dry.
- Remove from flame when done.
- Serve it piping hot.
- And so you are serving a spicy kappa delicacy on your table with no time waiting for you to dig in. A perfect tea time snack too in case you have a couple of cooked kappa left over. And not too sure if it would be appreciated by kids as my little one always turns his face off to the sight of kappa.
- As a matter of fact, Kappa is one of a kind that is extremely popular globally too and holds a rather predominant place in Kerala households particularly among the poor although nowadays highly preferred by rich too. Thankfully, taste buds do not have class and discrimination as many of the human minds do.
- Speaking of such discrimination, actually, it is extremely disheartening to see the existence of such hard-core racial and class discrimination even today in the 21st century and I think its high time we eradicated the word (Inequality÷ from this planet. So guys, as a first step, look around, reach out for the downtrodden, treat them as equals, help them in every possible way and bring big smiles to their faces just like the one this kappa ularthu is gonna bring to yours!!! and that should be something like this.
- So, on that note, happy cooking!!!!
Notes
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