Porcheri or south Indian style vegetable stew

Porcheri or south Indian style vegetable stew

Raw bananas and yams are tossed in a paste of coconut and cumin seeds, and cooked with lentils in this south Indian dish

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Cuisine:South Indian
Cook time:30m
Prep time:30m
Servings:4-6

Ingredients

150gm daal

1 coconut, grated

2 raw Kerala bananas

¼ kg yam, cut into 1.5 cm square pieces

1 ½  tsp chilli powder

A small sized lemon ball of jaggery

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp turmeric powder

A few sprigs curry leaves

Salt to taste

Coconut oil

Method

1. Wash and cook the gram daal in a pressure cooker with enough water till done.

2. Remove the thin layer of outer green skin of the banana and cut them into pieces.

3. Cook the banana and yam pieces with salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder with sufficient water till done.

4. Grind cumin seeds and half grated coconut to a fine paste. Add the ground coconut paste, jaggery and the cooked daal to the vegetables.

5. Stir well and bring it to a boil. Remove from heat.

6. In a kadai, heat coconut oil and season it with mustard seeds.

7. Add the remaining grated coconut and curry leaves and fry it till brown.

8. Add the prepared vegetables.

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