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Chembu Curry Recipe




Ingredients:

• ½ kg Chembu (Colocasia/ Arvi) 
• 1 cup Coconut (scraped) 
• ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder 
• 2 Green Chilies 
• 1 Garlic (small) 
• ½ tsp Cumin Seeds 
• 1 stem Curry Leaves 
• 2 Dry Red Chilies 
• ¼ tsp Mustard Seeds 
• 1 tbsp Coconut Oil 
• Water (for cooking) 
• Salt (to taste)

Method:
• Peel the chembu. Wash well and cut into small pieces.
• Place it in a cooker and add enough water, salt and turmeric powder. Pressure cook it.
• Grind coconut, cumin seeds, green chilies and garlic pods in a blender, to form a smooth paste.
• Add this paste to the cooked chembu and add the required water.
• Boil the mixture for 1 minute.
• Heat coconut oil in a saucepan and add mustard seeds.
• When they start spluttering, add dry red chilies and curry leaves.
• Let them fry for a minute and add this to the chembu curry prepared earlier.
• Serve hot.