apioca in any form is welcome at home. The most common one is plain tapioca cooked with salt and a pinch of turmeric with a dip of fiery shallots chutney. Me and my sister are big fans of this combo. Even now when I prepare this combo, I ring up my sister and tell her just to salviate her. During our Alappuzha trip, last year, one late evening,when we stopped for tea , we were offered kappa puzhingiyathu and kadala curry, since that was the oly vegetarian option available that time of the day. Since we were hungry, decided to try the combo.It was a winner. During this year's harvest of tapioca at home, husband reminded me to make this for breakfast. The tapioca harvested at my home cooks pretty quick that it doesn't take more than 10 minutes on stove top.
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Tapioca, peeled and chopped into big pieces - 1/2 kg
Turmeric a pinch
Salt
Cook the tapioca in enough water with turmeric added to it. Add salt when its almost cooked. If you add salt in the beginning, cooking will take more time and may not cook soft. You can see cracks on the surface when it is cooked well. Drain and leave it for 5 minutes. Just mash little with a potato masher or back of the ladle. Serve with kadala curry for a filling breakfast or a spicy chutney as dip. The recipe of my kadala curry is same that I make for Puttu. Here I added less of coconut in the ground masala.
never tried tapioca..by this combo is really interesting..maybe < i should try it..
ReplyDeleteSuch an authentic kerala dish, looks fantastic..
ReplyDeleteThis is a new combo to me .. But definitely will try. Kappa in any form is mouth watering :)
ReplyDeleteSounds very filling! Have never had tapioca plain like that.
ReplyDeleteLove tapioaca, never had in this combo. Mostly we had it with chamathy. Drrol drool
ReplyDeleteNever tried the Tapioca as veg. Looks good with Chana curry, which I lobe btw.
ReplyDeleteTraditional yummy combo dear...superb!!!
ReplyDeleteWe just steam and have it like snack! Very authen Kearlite dish!
ReplyDeleteA very interesting combo, I saw my MIL used to eat tapioca raw or sometimes just cooked, I never ate them like that, I must give this a go, My daughter might like it, as she always eats potato mash with cheese!!
ReplyDeleteKappa with kadal..very novel to me..Kadala was something I ate with puttu. This I need to try.
ReplyDeleteTapiaco and Black channa are perfect for a cold breezy evening... Btw havent had Kappa with shallot chutney, do post the chutney would love the try the combo!!! I know how happy it would be to make food out of home harvested veggies, have fun!!! I envy you ;)
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