curry leaves - a few
salt to taste
oil - 1 teaspoon
Soak the cut plantains in warm water mixed with half teaspoon turmeric for ten minutes. Drain and cook
the
plantains with the remaining turmeric and salt. Grind the coconut well with cumin and add to the cooked
plantains.
Let it simmer. Meanwhile, heat the oil and pop the mustard seeds. Add the urad dal and the coconut
reserved for
garnish and stir till browned. Add this mixture to the erisherry and mix in the curry leaves.
77. Vella Appam (PK John)
2 cups of white rice
Half a coconut
1 table spoon of yeast
Sugar
Salt
2 table spoon of partially ground, cooked rice
Soak the washed rice for 3 to 4 hours.Wash and drain. Grind the soaked rice in a blender with just enough
water so
that the ground material will be thick. In the early stages of grinding take out about two table spoon of the
partially
ground rice and keep it apart for cooking and later mixing.(This will be called KURUKKU).
Mix separately 1 teaspoonful of yeast , quarter cup of luke warm water and 1 tablespoon of sugar and allow
the
mixture to rise. Grind the coconut to a milky emulsion. Mix your ground rice, 'Kurukku'(cook the partially
ground
rice saved earlier like a thick porridge) the yeast mixture and ground coconut
Allow the mixture to ferment for about 6 hours. Add sugar and salt as your taste dictates.You can add a
little
coconut milk to adjust the consistency.(You can add one beaten up egg at this stage if you fear appams
sticking
to the pan.- Alternately you can wrap a half fried egg in cloth and use it to rub the frying area of your pan.)
Now put the mixture in a warm oven for 2 hours just before you make the Appams
After it rises DO NOT STIR.
Use a cast iron pan and use the same technique that one uses for pancakes.
78. Poricha Koottu
toor dal, coriander seeds, urud dal, whole black peppers, cumin seeds - each 1
teaspoon
1 whole red pepper, grated coconut (fry last)
Fry the above ingredients in little ghee, grind and keep it aside.
Vegetables - Snake gourd, cabbage, beetroot
Cut any of the vegetables into small pieces, add moong dal and steam it in pressure
cooker.Add the ground mixture to this and heat for a little while to mix
uniformly.Add splattered mustard seeds.Add curry leaves.
79. Aviyal
Vegetables - Plantain, potatoes, brinjal, carrots, beans, drumstick, green peas