Kappa Puzhukku
Kappa Puzhukku is a dish of boiled and mashed tapioca mixed with spicy flavour-packed coconut chutney and is finished off with a coconut oil tadka.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 761.95kcal
Ingredients
To boil tapioca chunks
- 1 kg tapioca weighed as whole pieces
- water as required (to submerge the pieces)
- Salt to taste
For the spicy coconut paste
- 1 cup grated coconut you may add ½ cup more
- 3 mini shallots sliced thinly
- 3 garlic cloves diced finely
- 2 green chillies chopped finely
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds or fennel seeds
- curry leaves
- salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
For tempering
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 to 3 dried red chillies
- curry leaves
Instructions
Boil
- Peel the tapioca skin and discard any blackened portion.
- Chop them into bite-size and wash thoroughly in a colander under running water to remove all dirt.
- Add the tapioca to a deep saucepot and fill it with water and salt to taste.
- Bring this to boil and continue to cook until the tapioca pieces are tender but still hold the shape. You may cover and cook too.
- Switch off and drain all the water and put back the boiled pieces into the pot.
Grind the coconut mixture
- Add the grated coconut, shallots, garlic, green chillies, cumin or fennel seeds, curry leaves and salt into a chutney maker and grind to a coarse paste.
- Add this ground mixture to the boiled tapioca along with the turmeric powder and mash it thoroughly using the back of the spoon or a potato masher.
Cook
- Heat this on a low flame while mashing and stirring the mixture. Adjust the salt for taste and cook until the mixture thickens.
- Switch off and keep covered while you prepare the tempering.
temper (tadka)
- Heat coconut oil in a small tadka pan.
- Add the mustard seeds and let them splutter.
- Reduce the flame and add the dried red chillies and curry leaves.
- Fry until crisped and pour the tempering over the prepared kappa puzhukku.
Serve
- Mix thoroughly and serve warm as is or with any spicy fish or beef curry.
Nutrition
Calories: 761.95kcal | Carbohydrates: 143.42g | Protein: 3.34g | Fat: 24.57g
