Chembinthal and Chembila Curry / Colocasia Stems and Leaves Curry.

Chembinthal and chembila curry is a easy to prepare very tasty and healthy gravy dish made with home grown colocasia stems and colocasia leaves goes well with steamed rice.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Chembinthal and Chembila Curry / Colocasia Stems and Leaves Curry. 

Ingredients:-
Colocasia leaves/ Chembila. -4 big
Colocasia stems/ Chembuthal.-2 cup
Red chilly powder. -1tsp
Asafoetida /Hing powder. -1/2 tsp
Sambar powder. -1tsp
Mustard seeds. -1tsp
Salt. -to taste
Coconut oil. -1tbsp

Home grown Chembinthal with Chembila / Colocasia Stems with Colocasia leaves

Instructions:
1). Cut and seperate the colocasia stems and colocasia leaves. Peel and remove the outer thin skin of colocasia stems / chembuthal and chop it into small pieces.Wash well and keep aside.

2). Slowly pluck green leafy parts in between the veins of the colocasia leaves /chembila using your hands and discard the vein parts of the colocasia leaves. Wash the plucked leafy parts of the colocasia leaves and chop them into very small. pieces and keep aside.

3). Soak tamarind in little water for 5 minutes. Then squeeze the soaked tamarind and extract tamarind juice.

Method:-
1). Heat coconut oil in a wide bottom pan and splutter mustard seeds. Lower the flame and add red chilli powder and asafoetida into the pan.

2). Add chopped colocasia leaves / chembila and chopped colocasia stems / chembuthal into the pan and saute well.

3). Add required salt and tamarind juice into the pan and mix well. Add 2 cup of water and boil well. Cover and cook colocasia leaves and stems till soft and mashy.

4). Add sambar powder into the gravy in the pan and mix well. Switch off the flame and transfer the curry to a serving bowl.

Very tasty and Chembinthal and Chembila Curry / Colocasia Stems and Leaves Curry is ready to serve with steamed rice.