RASAKALAN

RASAKALAN



This blogg is a joint one as can be seen from the profile and it was announced that each blogg will contain a recipe of some dishes we would like to share. Rasakalan was one such dish and here it is.
The word rasa in Tamil or Malayalam means "taste", so rasakalan means, a very tasty kalan. Kalan is a very famous curd based curry of Kerala, which is a must for all big functions, like marriage or festivals, like Onam. Kalan and Rasa Kalan are the original pet dishes of Namboodiris (Kerala native brahmins) .They were using only pepper and not chillies. The iyers modified it with the addition of chillies.


Ingredients

Vegetables - White Pumpkin (Elavan), Yellow Pumpkin(Mathan),
Drumstick all cut into cubes-one big cup,
Cocunut - half ( grated).
Sour buuermilk - Half a cup
Red chilly, Mustard, Methi , Cuyrry Leaves Haldi powder and salt.

Method.

In two cups of water, add the cut vegetables , haldi powder and salt and let it cook.
Meanwhile, grind the coconut and five to six red chillies, well. When the vegetables are cooked, add the ground masala and the thick buttermilk and let it boil. Keep stirring, adjust consistency by adding water. Put off gas .Temper with one spoon of mustard, ¼ spoon of methi,one red chilly and a few curry leaves.

Serve with the cooked rice and mezhukkuvaratty( oil fried vegs).

Please try and enjoy