Erissery
It is made of raw plantains and Yams
sliced and boiled in water with salt and chillies or pepper added. The pulp
of the coconut is ground with a little cumin seed added to it. When the whole
thing is properly boiled, a few mustard seeds along with scraped coconut pulp
fried in coconut oil, is added in to it to give it flavour. Erissery is also
made with pumpkin and red oriental beans, the recipe is given below.
Erissery with Yam
Ingredients :
- Yam cut into small pieces -
60gms
- Big raw banana
- 1
- Pepper powder
- 1tsp
- Turmeric powder
- 1/4tsp
- Water
- 1cup
- Salt
- to taste
- Grated coconut
- 1/2coconut
- Cumin seeds
- a pinch
- Ghee
- 10gm
- Coconut oil
- 1tbs
- Mustard seeds
- 1/4tsp
Method :
Split the banana lengthwise into 3 pieces. Do not
peel the skin. Cut it into small pieces.
Boil yam and banana with pepper powder, turmeric
powder and salt in 1 cup of water. Grind one fourth quantity of grated coconut
and cumin seeds together and add to it.
Grind the remaining coconut and saute in a low flame
till brown in colour. Keep it aside.
Season mustard seeds in ghee. Add the coconut oil,
seasoned mustard seeds and the sauted coconut to the vegetable mixture. Mix
well.
Erissery with Pumpkin
Ingredients :
- Ripe Pumpkin sliced into pieces - 2 cups
- Red oriental
bean - 1/2
cup
- Oil
- 2 dsp
- Squeezed
coconut milk
- 1 dsp
- Dried chilli
- 2 nos
- Mustard
- 1 tsp
- Curry
leaves
- 2 springs
- Water
- Salt to taste
To be Ground:
- Grated
Coconut
- 1 cup
- Small
onions
- 1 or 2 nos
- Garlic
- 2 nos
- Cumin
- 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric
powder
- 1/2 tsp
- Green chilli
- 2 or 3 nos
Method:
Cook pumpkin after adding enough water and salt. Cook red oriental
beans separately and mix it along with the pumpkin. Grind the ingredients to be
ground coarsely. Add it to the pumpkin, boil
for sometime and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, season mustard, curry leaves and
dry chillies and add the thick coconut milk. Pour it to
the cooked pumpkin curry & mix well. Tasty erissery is ready to be
served.
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