Kalan Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is the traditional kerala sadya dish. This delicious dish is made out of mainly yam, raw banana, coconut and yogurt.
Kalan Recipe
I finally managed to make this must make recipe on every onam table. I wanted to make olan too, but i will try to make it. Am rushing with time now, so just hurrying to post this. Check out my other onam recipes in the mean time.
Ingredients for Kalan Recipe
- Yam / Chena Kizhangu - ½ cup peeled and chopped
- Raw Plantain / Keralan banana - ½ cup peeled and chopped
- Salt to taste
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Water as needed
- Curd / Yogurt - 1 cup well beaten
To Grind:
- Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Green Chilli - 1
- Whole Pepper - ½ tsp
For Tempering:
- Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves a sprig
- Dry Red Chilli - 1 broken
How to Make Kalan Recipe
- Take all grinding ingredients in a blender and make it into smooth paste.
- Take chopped yam and plantain in a kadai. Add in chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt.
- Add in water, cover and cook till the veggies are done.
- If there is any water, evaporate it.
- Add in coconut masala and mix well. Cook for 2 mins.
- Add in beaten curd and mix well. Simmer for a min and turn off the heat.
- Heat oil for tempering, add in all the ingredients and let it splatter. Pour this over the curry and mix well.
- Serve.
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Kalan Recipe | Kerala Onam Sadya Kalan Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Yam / Chena Kizhangu peeled and chopped
- ½ cup Raw Plantain / Keralan banana peeled and chopped
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- Water as needed
- 1 cup Curd / Yogurt well beaten
- To Grind:
- ½ cup Fresh Coconut grated
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 Green Chilli
- ½ tsp Whole Pepper
- For Tempering:
- 1 tbsp Coconut Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- Curry leaves a sprig
- 1 Dry Red Chilli broken
Instructions
- Take all grinding ingredients in a blender and make it into smooth paste.
- Take chopped yam and plantain in a kadai. Add in chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt.
- Add in water, cover and cook till the veggies are done.
- If there is any water, evaporate it.
- Add in coconut masala and mix well. Cook for 2 mins.
- Add in beaten curd and mix well. Simmer for a min and turn off the heat.
- Heat oil for tempering, add in all the ingredients and let it splatter. Pour this over the curry and mix well.
- Serve.
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Kalan Recipe Step by Step
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