Yam Pepper Stir-fry

Yam Pepper Stir -fry is a tasty and delicious side dish goes well with Rice. The following ingredients are needed for preparing Yam Pepper  Stir-fry.

Ingredients:-

Elephant Yam.     -250 gm
Black Pepper.      -2tsp
Shallots.               -25
Garlic cloves.       - 5
Coconut bits.        - 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder. - a pinch
Garam Masala.    -1 /2 tsp
Salt.                     -to taste

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil/ Oil. -2tsp
Mustard seeds.  -1/2 tsp
Dry Red chillies. -2
Curry leaves.      -1spring

Instructions:-

Peel the outer skin and chop the Yam into 1 inch pieces. Wash well in water and keep aside.

Crush the Black Pepper and keep aside.

Peel and wash Shalots.Crush it slightly and keep aside.

Peel and crush the Garlic slightly and keep aside.


Method:-

In a cooking vessel add the chopped Yam pieces.Add a pinch of Turmeric powder, Salt and enough Water just to immerse the Yam pieces.Boil and cook on medium flame till soft but firm.

Heat oil in a pan and splutter Mustard seeds and saute well.

Add dry Red Chillies broken into halves and fry in oil .

Add Curry leaves and saute well.

Add Coconut bits and fry in oil.

Add the crushed Garlic and Shallots and nd fry well.

Add crushed Pepper and Garam Masala powder and mix well.

Add cooked Yam pieces and mix well and cover and cook for 3 minutes.

Check Salt and add if needed and mix well.Switch off the flame.

A tasty Yam Pepper Stir fry is ready to serve as a side dish with Rice.

Yam and Horse gram Curry.

Yam and Horse gram Curry is a Coconut based no Onion and no Garlic gravy goes well with Rice.The following ingredients are needed to prepare Yam and Horse gram Curry.

Ingredients:-

Elephant Yam.       - 250 gm
Horse gram.           - 1cup
Cumin seeds.         -1tsp
Coconut grating.    -1cup
Dry Red chilly.      - 4
Turmeric powder.  -1/4 tsp
Curry leaves.         -1 spring
Salt.                       - to taste
Coconut oil.           -1tsp

Instructions:-

Peel the outer skin and chop the Yam into half inch pieces and wash well in water. Keep aside.

Wash well, remove the impurities and soak the Horse gram for 12 hours or overnight.

Pressure cook the soaked Horse gram along with chopped Yam pieces adding Turmeric powder and 3 cup of water for 2 whistles or till soft and keep aside.

Grind the grated Coconut along with dry Red chillies and Cumin seeds to a little coarse paste and keep aside the ground Coconut masala paste.

Method:-

In a cooking vessel add the cooked Horse gram and Yam pieces.Add required Salt and mix well. Let it boil for 2 minutes.

Add the ground Coconut Masala paste and mix well.Boil for 2 minutes on low flame.

Lastly add Curry leaves and mix well.Switch off the flame.

Add 1tsp Coconut oil over the curry in the cooking vessel and mix well.

A tasty and delicious Yam and Horse gram Curry is ready to serve with Rice.

Try the recipe and enjoy the dish.

KELYA SASSAM (Kochi GSB Konkani style Ripe Banana Raita).

Kelya Sassam is a traditional and delicious Kochi GSB Konkani style ripe Banana Raita usually served in important religious festivals and functions as one of the main side dish with Rice.

The following ingredients are needed for preparing the Kelya Sassam.

Ingredients:-

Small Banana. -5
Green chillies. -2
Sugar.              -3 tbsp
Salt.                 - a pinch
Curd.               -1/4 cup

Fresh Grapes.  -few[Black or Green]-optional

Pinapple.          -few [chopped]-optional


For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil.     -1tsp
Mustard seeds. -1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds.    -1/4tsp
Curry leaves.     -1spring

Instructions:-

Peel the skin and chop small banana into 4 lengthy pieces and then chop into small pieces and keep aside.

Wash and chop Green chillies into thin roundels and keep aside.

Method:-

In a mixing bowl add thinly chopped Green chilly roundels and required Salt.Mash both the ingredients with your hands.

Add Sugar and mix well with the mashed ingredients.

Add the chopped Banana pieces and mix well.[Can add chopped Pinapple peices and fresh Black or Green Grapes and mix with all the ingredients-optional]

Add  Curd and mix well with all the ingredients in the mixing bowl.

Heat oil in a pan for seasoning and splutter Mustard seeds and Cumin seeds and saute well. Add Curry leaves and saute well and switch off the flame.

Add the seasoning into the Kelya Sassam in the mixing bowl.

A yummy, little sweet, little sour, little hot Konkani style ripe Banana Raita/Kelya Sassam is ready to serve as a side dish with Rice.

MANGO JUICE (Home made Mango Juice)

Homemade Mango Juice has a real refreshing taste and is better than store brought artificial juice. No artificial flavours is used in this Mango Juice recipe.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Mango Juice.

Ingredients:-

Ripe Mangoes. - 2 sweet and juicy.
Sugar.               -2tbsp
Water.               -1cup
Ice cubes.         - few

Instructions:-

Wash the ripe Mangoes in Water and peel the outer skin and chop the Mangoes into small pieces.

Put the chopped  ripe Mango pieces and Sugar in a Mixer blender and blend to a smooth paste. 

Add required Water and blend again to get the real consistency of the juice.You can increase or decrease the quantity of water.

No need to strain the juice. Transfer the juice to a serving bowl and keep the bowl in the refrigerator to chill for few hours.

Pour the chilled Mango Juices into the serving glasses.

Add ice cubes on the top of the glasses.

Serve the Home made Mango juice chilled and enjoy the real taste of the ripe mangoes.

Boiled Raw Banana Stir Fry.

The following ingredients are needed for preparing Boiled Raw Banana Stir fry.

Ingredients:-

Raw Banana.        - 5
Turmeric powder. - a pinch
Salt                       - to taste
Coconut oil.          -1tsp

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil /Oil. - 1tbsp
Urad dal.             -1tsp
Chana dal .          -1tsp
Mustard seeds.    -1 tsp
Cumin seeds.       -1tsp
Green chillies.     -5
Dry Red chillies. - 4
Curry leaves.       -1spring.
Onion                  -1medium size
Hing powder.      - a pinch.

Instructions:-

Wash and chop Raw Banana into halves and boil in water with skin for 10 minutes.

When cooled remove the outer skin of the Raw Banana pieces. Add Salt and a pinch of Turmeric powder and mash the boiled Banana pieces with your hands and keep aside.

Wash and chop Green chillies into halves and keep aside.

Broke dry Red chillies into halves and keep aside.

Peel and chop Onion into thin lengthy pieces and keep aside.

Keep aside the ingredients ready for seasoning.

Method:-

Heat Coconut oil in a pan on low flame and splutter Mustard seeds.Saute well.

Add Urad dal and Chana dal and saute well.

Add Cumin seeds and saute well.

Add dry Red chillies broken into halves and fry in oil .Saute well.

Add chopped Green Chillies and saute well.

Add Onion and saute well till the Onion becomes translucent.

Add Hing powder and mix well.

Add Curry leaves and saute well.

Add the mashed Raw Banana and stir well.

Mix all the ingredients together and cook on low flame for a minute and switch off the flame.

Lastly add 1tsp Coconut oil over the Boiled Raw Banana Stir fry and mix well.

A tasty Raw Banana Stir Fry is ready to serve as a side dish with Rice.