Chembu Pulissery / Taro Root Curd Curry.

Chembu pulissery is a Kerala style coconut based taro root curd curry goes well with rice. Chembu Pulissery recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Chembu Pulissery / Taro Root Curd Curry.

Ingredients:-

Taro root/ Chembu.-1 large
Green chilly.           -1
Turmeric powder.   -1/2 tsp
Curd.                       -1 cup
Salt.                         -to taste

For grinding Coconut Masala Paste:-

Grated coconut.     -1 cup
Cumin seeds.         -1/2 tsp
Green chillies.       -2
Black pepper corn.-1/4 tsp

For Seasoning:-

Mustard seeds.    -1 tsp
Dry red chillies.  -2
Fenugreek seeds.-1/4 tsp
Curry leaves.      -1 spring
Coconut oil.        -2 tsp

Method:-

1). Remove the outer skin of a large taro root. Wash well and chop it into medium thick pieces. In a pan add the chopped taro root pieces, half slit one green chilly, turmeric powder, 1cup of water and boil on low flame.Cover and cook taro root pieces till soft.

2). Grind grated coconut, cumin seeds, green chillies and black pepper corn to a smooth paste adding little water.

3). Add the ground coconut masala paste into the pan.

4). Add required salt and little water into the pan and mix the ground coconut masala paste.Boil and cook till raw smell of the coconut masala paste goes.

5). Whisk curd adding little water. Add the whisked curd into the pan.

6). Mix the whisked curd with ground coconut masala paste and heat the curry on low flame.Once the boiling bubbles starts to appear switch off the flame.Do not boil the curry for a long time after adding curd.

7). Heat 2 tsp coconut oil in a small pan for seasoning and splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds (methi seeds). Add dry red chilly broken pieces and curry leaves into the pan and saute well in oil for a second and switch off the flame. Pour the seasoning into the taro root curd curry in the pan.

8). Mix the seasoning in chembu pulissery / taro root curd curry.

Very tasty Chembu Pulissery / Taro Root Curd Curry is ready to serve with rice.