Marchini Kilangu Kootu / Tapioca Curry / Kappa Kootu Curry

This is one of my favorite curry..One of our family friend, she is a mallu..She makes this curry so good..Whenever she tries this out, she send me a bowl full of this along with meen kulambu/ fish curry..It taste like heaven.. I asked her the recipe and tried it myself. It cameout pretty good..Here you go to the recipe..

Marchini Kilangu Kootu Recipe

 

Ingrediants:

Tapioca / Marchini Kilangu – 1 big one peeled and cubed

Salt to taste

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1tsp

For grinding:

Coconut – ½ cup

Shallots / Sambar Onion – 4

Garlic – 4 pods

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp

Green Chilli – 3

For Tempering:

Coconut Oil- 1 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1tsp

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Method:

Grind the ingrediants given in the list to a smooth paste by adding some water.Set this aside for a moment.

Take a kadai. Add cubed tapioca and cover it with some water. Add salt and turmeric and mix well. Bring it to boil and simmer it for 20-25 mins untill cooked.

Now add in the ground masala and mix well. Simmer for 3 mins.

Heat oil and add mustard and curry leaves. Pour this over the curry and mix well.

Serve with rice and fish curry.