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.