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Traditional Chembu Theeyal

It is a tasty dish with rice - Traditional chembu theeyal
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • Chembu cut into small cubes- 1 cup
  • 1/2 cup Grated Coconut
  • 2 Onion
  • 2 Tomato
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Mustard
  • 5 Curry leaf
  • 4 Chilly
  • 2 Red chillydry
  • 4 Green chilly
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Mustard
  • 1 tsp Oil

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a kadai add onions and green chilly saute for 2 minutes.
  • Add dry red chilli and boiled chembu to this.Saute for 2 minutes.
  • Add tomatoes to this and saute for 2 minutes.Keep it aside.
  • Heat oil in another kadai and add grated coconut,turmeric powder,coriander powder and chilli powder saute for 2 minutes.
  • Fry until coconut becomes brown.
  • Grind this fried coconut in a mixer with 4 tsp water.
  • Add this ground mix to chembu masala which is kept aside.
  • Then add 1 cup of water to this and boil for 5minutes.
  • Heat oil in another kadai add mustard.when it splutters add red chilly,onion and curry leaf .
  • Add this tempering to chembu curry.
  • Boil for 2 minutes until gravy becomes thick.
  • Now traditional chembu curry is ready to serve.
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