Colocasia Leaves Chutney

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Colocasia Leaves Chutney.

Ingredients:-

Colocasia Leaves.  -15
Red Chillies.            - 6
Grated Coconut       -1cup
Tamarind.                 - a small lemon size 
Hing powder.            -1/2tsp
Salt.                          -to taste.

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil/Oil. - 2tsp
Mustard seeds. - 1/2tsp
Red chillies.       -1(broken into halves)

Instructions:-

Wash and clean the Colocasia leaves.Pluck the leafy parts from the Colocasia Leaves leaving out the veins.Discared the vein parts. Finely chop the leafy parts and keep aside.

Soak Tamarind in water and squeeze to get Tamarind pulp and keep aside.


Method:-

In cooking vessel add the chopped Colocasia leaves, Tamarind pulp and 2 cups of water.Boil and cook for 30 minutes in a low flame.Keep aside.

On cooling grind the cooked Colocasia leaves along with grated Coconut, dry Red chillies, Salt and Hing powder to a fine paste and keep aside.

Heat Oil in a wide pan and splutter Mustard seeds and add broken Red chilli halves and fry well.

Add the ground mixture of Colocasia leaves and mix well.Boil for a minute and switch off the flame.

A tasty Colocasia leaves Chutney is ready to serve.