Ingredients:
- Fresh Colocasia stem 10 nos,
- Thuvar dal 1/2 cup,
- Turmeric powder 1 tea spoon,
- Shallots 6 nos,
- Chilli powder – 1 spoon,
- Tomato 1,
- Thick tamarind juice 2 spoon,
- Salt to taste, oil 1 table spoon,
- Mustard seed 1 tea spoon,
- Red chilli 2 (broken to1” pc),
- Curry leaves
Method :
- Peel off the skin of colocasia stem and cut to small pieces.
- In a pressure cooker add thuvar dal, colacasia and turmeric poweder, add water enough to cover the ingredients.
- Cook for 5 to 8 minutes or 3 whistle.
- Blend chilli powder,tamarind juice and tomato together and make a coarse paste.
- Add this to the cooked colocasia dal mixture.
- Pour water to required consistency, add salt and let it boil for 5 mts.
- Take out from fire.
- In a pan add oil, when hot add mustard seed, broken chilli and curry leaves.
- When done pour this thadka over the kept aside curry.
- Ideal to be served with rice.
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