Chembu Curry

Chembu Curry is a typical Kerala dish that is served as part of an offering, along with kanji (rice gruel), muthira puzhukku (horse gram stir-fry) and mango pickle, during kumbha bharani festival in Chettikulangara, Kerala. It is so easy to prepare and makes a great accompaniment with rice/ kanji. Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:

Chembu – 1/2 kg

Coconut- 1 cup (scraped)

Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon

Green Chilli – 2

Garlic- 1 small part

Cumin seed-1/2 teaspoon

Curry leaves-1 stem

Dry red chilli – 2

Mustard – 1/4 teaspoon

Coco0nut Oil- 1 tablespoon

Water – 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Method:

• Peel and cut the Chembu into small pieces.

• Cook it in a pressure cooker with enough water, salt, and turmeric.

• Blend coconut, cumin seed and green chilli,garlic pods very thoroughly.

• Add this to the cooked chembu(vegitable) and add required water.

• Boil for 1 minute.

• Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard.

• Add red chilli and curry leaves.

• Fry for a minute and add this into the curry.