Erissery Recipe with step by step pictures. Kerala Erissery Recipe made with vanpayar, yam and coconut masala.
Erissery Recipe
Now back to the recipe. This one is a traditional recipe in southern part of India. Each place have their own way of making Erissery. . Its pretty simple to make, but the taste was awesome. I made this for Onam and we totally enjoyed that meal.
How to Make Erissery
- Soak Cow peas over night in lots of water. Drain the water and Pressure cook it with a some water for 3 whistle. Let it simmer for 5 mins. Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself. Remove and set aside.
- Now take cubed yam in a kadai and cover it with water. Add salt to it.cover and cook for 15-20 mins till the yam is completely cooked.
- Add the cooked cowpeas in this and mix well.
- Now take the grinding ingredients in a mixer and make into a fine paste.
- Pour this over the cooked yam and cow peas and mix well.
- Let it simmer for 10 mins.
- Now make the seasoning. Heat oil and add mustard, urad dal and curry leaves in this. Let it sizzle and crack.
- Pour this over the curry and mix well.
- Serve with rice
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Erissery | Erissery Recipe
Ingredients
- Cow peas / Vanpayar /Thatta Payir / Karamani / Perum Payir - 1 cup
- Elephant Yam / Chena Kilangu - 2 cup cubed
- Salt to taste
- For Grinding:
- Coconut - 1 cup
- Whole Pepper / Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
- For Tempering:
- Coconut Oil - 2 tblspn
- Mustard Seeds / kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
Instructions
- Soak Cow peas over night in lots of water. Drain the water and Pressure cook it with a some water for 3 whistle. Let it simmer for 5 mins. Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself. Remove and set aside.
- Now take cubed yam in a kadai and cover it with water. Add salt to it.cover and cook for 15-20 mins till the yam is completely cooked.
- Add the cooked cowpeas in this and mix well.
- Now take the grinding ingredients in a mixer and make into a fine paste.
- Pour this over the cooked yam and cow peas and mix well.
- Let it simmer for 10 mins.
- Now make the seasoning. Heat oil and add mustard, urad dal and curry leaves in this. Let it sizzle and crack.
- Pour this over the curry and mix well.
- Serve with rice.
Video
Erissery Recipe Step by Step Pictures
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Take all your ingredients |
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Take the grinding ingredients in a mixer |
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and make into a fine puree |
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Take yam in a kadai |
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add salt to it |
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add water |
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let it come up over the yam |
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cover and cook |
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till the yam is cooked |
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add the cooked cow peas in it |
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and mix well |
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add the coconut mixture |
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and mix well |
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cook till they gets thicken |
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make tempering |
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pour over the curry |
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mix well |
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serve |
Anshu Bhatnagar
Awesome recipe!!! Black eye peas with zimikand(yam)...beautiful combination...love your step by step pictures and description..
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Priya
Mouthwatering here, nutritious erissery.
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow wonderful combo,luks yum...
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj
very interesting and yummmy....
VIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA
Chitra
Yes its really an yummy dish..
Teena Mary
Very tasty looking dish!! Perfectly made too!!
Shirley Tay
This dish could easily go with naan or plate of rice. Wonderful!
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Saraswathi Tharagaram
Drooling now..yummy combo..
Anonymous
lovely recipe, i always be searching from your website doing a good cook thanks so much
Shafna Ashmi
In my place, we used to do with pumpkin. But u tried with yam. Different. Ma interrogated why trying with yam & who suggested.. I said its aarthi as if she is my neighbour...
Bradley Ruppel
Hey Aarthi - are the cowpeas dried or fresh? they look brown in your picture so i assume dried but just wanted to make sure
thanks!