Puzhuku - A traditional recipe - a side dish for kanji

This dish can be made only with whole green gram dal or mix of yam and raw banana.Here I have used a little of all the three.

This recipe serves 2.

Ingredients:

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• Green gram dal - 50 grams
• raw banana - 1/2 or 1 small
• yam - 100 grams
• coconut,shredded - 1 handful
• green chillies - 4 to 5
• curry leaves - 3 sprigs
• coconut oil - 2 tsp
• salt - to taste
• turmeric powder - a pinch
• jaggery - 1 inch piece

Method:

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• Soak green gram dal for 3 hours.
• Pressure cook the dal with chopped yam and raw banana slices . Add sufficient water so that the dal gets cooked to mashing consistency.
• After steam gets released ,add salt ,jaggery and mash the mixture slightly.
• Grind coconut and green chillies (just 1 or 2 pulse in a mixer will do).
• Add the ground mixture to the cooked dal.
• On a medium heat,allow it to boil.(Add water if its too thick)
• When it starts to boil,switch off .
• Garnish with curry leaves and coconut oil.

Serve with podi arisi kanji / rice and morekootan.