Taro in buttermilk curry (kadi, Morkuzhambu in tamil)

Lakshmi Sridharan Ph D
Lakshmi Sridharan Ph D @cook_19872338
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a flavorful aromatic taro dish with buttermilk sauce

Taro in buttermilk curry (kadi, Morkuzhambu in tamil)

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a flavorful aromatic taro dish with buttermilk sauce

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Ingredients

30min
6 servings
  1. 1/4 cupsplit moong
  2. 12taro (arbi)
  3. 1 tbspcoriander seeds
  4. 1 tbspchana
  5. 1 tbspurad
  6. 2green chillies
  7. 1 cupcoconut pieces
  8. 1 inchpeeled ginger
  9. 1 tbspsesame seed oil
  10. 1 tspmustard seeds
  11. 1 tspFennel seeds
  12. 1 tspfenugreek seeds
  13. 1 pinchasafoetida
  14. 1 tspturmeric powder
  15. 2 tbspbesan
  16. to taste salt
  17. 1/4 cupcurry leaves
  18. curry

Cooking Instructions

30min
  1. 1

    Make a checklist, collect required ingredients, and keep them within your reach.

  2. 2

    Make a checklist, collect required ingredients, and keep them within your reach.

  3. 3

    Cook mung dal and taro in a in a pressure cooker. Place a bowl with moong and 3c of water in in the cooker, keep a plate with taro over this. Cook with steam under pressure. After the pressure develops reduce the heat, turn off the stove after 15 min. Remove the cooked taro and moong. Let cool, peel the taro

  4. 4

    Over medium heat, in a saucepan with oil, fry fennel, fenugreek green chiles, coriander seeds, urad and chana. Turn off the heat. Soak the contents in a bowl.-15 minutes. Blend with ginger and coconut in a wet grinder to make a smooth paste.

  5. 5

    To make buttermilk, whisk curd in a cup of water, Over medium heat in a saucepan temper mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafetida in hot oil. Let mustard seeds pop. Add 2 cups of water. Bring it to boil. Stir in cooked moong. Simmer the heat. Add the cooked and peeled taro. Stir in buttermilk and coconut paste. Stir in turmeric powder, In a mall bowl mix besan with 1/2 c of water add this to the cuury. It would make the gravy thick. Turn off the heat after a couple of minutes. Salt to taste

  6. 6

    Add curry leaves. Morkuzhambu is ready to serve, Taste, Serve with rice, papad and vegetable

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I am a scientist with a Ph.D from University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. I also have a M. SC from University of Madras. Enjoy sharing my knowledge in science and my experience in gardening and cooking with others. I am a free lance writer, published several articles on Indian culture, traditions, Indian cuisine, science of gardening and etc in National and Inernational magazines. I am a health food nut. I am passionate about photography
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