Yucca Stir-Fry: I was completely taken by surprise…how this bland starchy roots, takes in all the influences from the basic ingredients and eventually turns up into a fulfilling meal! So, here is a simple recipe for the day. Ingredients: Yucca/cassava roots 1 large Salt Dry red chili 3 crushed Chana + Urad dal – 2 […]
Maravalli Kizhangu Halwa:(Country Style) Manihot esculenta is the Botanical name of this plant. Where they have modified tap root…rich in starch. Its eaten in many parts of the world today, but traces its origin to South America. In India, it is often associated with famine food’. During depression, people mainly sustained with just few tapioca […]
Impossibly Crunchy Yucca Chips!!!
- 23
- January
- 2010
Kappa Kizhangu Chips:(Kerala Style) Yucca Tubers Chips, Cassava Tubers Chips.Manioc Chips Maravalli Kizhangu Chips. Kuchi Kizhangu Chips. Tapioca Chips. Impossibly crunchy homemade chips!!! Manihot esculenta is the Botanical name of this plant. Where they have modified tap root…rich in starch(Yes, like potato). Its eaten in many parts of the world today, but traces its origin […]
Tapioca Fryums
- 27
- January
- 2009
Jawarisi Vathal: Sago Vatral. Tapioca/Sago Vadiyalu/ Vatral/ Vathal/ Fryums. My mommy used to make this during summer vacation. She meticulously used to prepare boxes and boxes of Pappads, Milagu Appalm, Seeraga Appalam, Arisi Vathal, Koozh Vathal, Kai-kari Vathals…etc. All her friends and relatives used to bag her preparations after their long summer stay at our […]
Chakara Valli Kizhangu Payasam
- 09
- September
- 2008
Chakara-Valli-Kizhangu Payasam: Indian Sweet Potato Payasam. Lousiana Yam Brulee’. Ingredients: Sweet potatoes 4 Milk 1 cupCoconut milk 2 cupsCardamom pods 6 crushedSugar 1/4 cupGrated coconut 1 cupGhee few spoons. Method: Cook sweet-potatoes till tender, Peel the skin off. Cube them. Heat sugar with milk. Let the sugar get dissolved and milk reduces. Add coconut milk, […]
Kappa Bonda
- 01
- December
- 2006
Kappa Bonda:Topiaca Bonda. Maravalli-Kizhangu Bonda. Masala Bonda. Ingredients set 1: Topiaca 1 large – cooked and mashedOnion 1 small choppedGarlic 3 cloves choppedGreen chilies 3 finely choppedCurry leaves few choppedMustard seeds 1/2 spoonCumin seeds 1/2 spoonTurmeric powder 1/4 spoonSaltGhee few spoons. Ingredients set 2:Gram flour 1 cupSaltTurmeric powder 1/4 spoonChili powder 1 spoonCoriander seeds powder […]
Sakaravalli Kizhangu Urundai
- 15
- September
- 2006
Starchy Sweet Potato Balls: (3 versions after few steps) Chakarai Valli Kizhangu Urundai/Laadu.Sakaraivalli Kizhangu Laadu. Sakaraivalli Kizhangu Inippu urundai. This recipe was prepared by my late aunty(my Dad’s sister). When Daddy was a little kid, there was severe famine in the country. His older sister used tapioca to preapare this laddu. The tapioca was the […]
Vallikuizhangu Poriyal / Sweet Yams Fry
- 24
- January
- 2006
Sweet Potato Poriyal: Chakarai Valli Kizhangu Poriyal. Ingredients: Sweet Potato/Lousiana Yam 2 peeled and choppedSaltDry red chilies flaked/bruisedCurry leaves fewChana dal 1/2 spoonUrad dal 1/2 spoonAsafoetida 1/4 spoonMustard 1/4 spoonOil few spoons. Method: In a wok, heat oil. Add all them seasonning items. Wait till it pops up. Followed by chopped veggies. Add salt, cover […]
