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Chembu Chatti Massiyal - Brahmin Special

Chembu cooked with tamarind water and other ingredients.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 3 people

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g Colocasia Chembu
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Tamarind lemon sized ball
  • 3 nos Green chillies
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida powder Kayam
  • 1 no Jaggery Sharkara
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds Uluva
  • 1 no Red chilly
  • 1 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 3 tsp Salt

Instructions
 

  • For preparing chembu chatti massiyal - brahmin special, first boil colocasia in enough water until done. Remove the skin of chembu pieces. Keep the chembu pieces with cooked water aside.
  • Soak tamarind in water and squeeze it out. Add the boiled chembu to the tamarind water. Add turmeric powder, salt, green chillies and cook for few minutes.
  • Add jaggery and asafoetida and keep cooking till it becomes a little semisolid in state.
  • Fry mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and red chilly in coconut oil.
  • Kindly note the preparation must be made in an earthen pot.
  • Chembu chatti massiyal - brahmin special, a very tasty and nutritious recipe is ready.
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