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Malabar Sweet Plantain Curry | Kayi Curry

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 People

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Chana dal
  • 1/2 cup Raw rice soaked for 4 hours
  • 1 no. Coconut grated
  • 1 large Ripe plantain
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
  • 1 cup jaggery melt jaggery by adding 1/4 cup water
  • A pinch of salt
  • 3 nos. Cardamom
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

Instructions
 

  • Boil the lentils till done. Strain and set aside
  • Drain the rice and grind the rice with one cup of water, cardamom and cumin seeds till smooth.
  • Add 1/2 cup water to the coconut and grind. Extract the first milk and set aside. Put back the squeezed coconut into the mixer, add 4 cups of water and blend till smooth. Strain out the thin coconut milk.
  • Mix the ground rice mixture with pinch of salt and add extracted thin coconut milk. Start boiling the mixture.
  • As it heats, add the boiled lentils, melted jaggery and chopped plantains and cook till the mixture thickens and the plantains are soft. Add in the first coconut milk, cardamom and cook for another couple of minutes.
  • Serve warm.

Notes

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