Tapioca Onion Stir Fry / Kappa Curry

Tapioca onion stir fry is very tasty and easy to prepare stir fry also known as kappa curry in Kerala is made with tapioca and can be served for breakfast or serve as a side dish with chapati or phulka.The following ingredients are needed to prepare Tapioca Onion Stir Fry / Kappa Curry.
Ingredients:
Tapioca / Kappa. -3/4 kg
Onion.                  -1
Turmeric powder. -1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder.-1 tsp
Asafoetida /hing.  - a pinch
Urad dal.                -1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds.       -1 tsp
Curry leaves.          -1 sprig
Salt.                        - to taste
Coconut oil.            -1 tbsp
Water.- as needed for boiling tapioca pieces.

Method:
1). Cut tapioca into small round pieces. Peel and remove the outer skin of small round pieces. Chop the round tapioca pieces into medium thick pieces and wash them 2-3 times in water to remove the dust and mud on it.

2). Boil the chopped tapioca pieces in enough water adding 1/4 tsp turmeric powder for 2-3 minutes on low flame to remove the excess starch from it. Then discard the boiled water from it and again boil the tapioca pieces in the same vessel adding enough water and little salt and cook until soft. Keep aside the boiled and cooked tapioca pieces.

3). Heat coconut oil in a wide bottom pan. Add urad dal and saute well. Splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves and saute well. Add finely chopped onion and required salt into the pan and saute well until onion turns translucent.

4). Add /4 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp red chilly powder and a pinch asafoetida (hing powder) into the pan and saute well on low flame.

5). Add boiled and cooked tapioca pieces into the pan and mix with onion spice mixture until everything is combined. Switch off the flame and transfer the tapioca onion stir fry to a serving bowl.

Tapioca Onion Stir Fry /Kappa Curry is ready to serve for breakfast or as a side dish with chapati or phulka.