Godavari

Kanda bachali kura

Name: Kanda bachali kura
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 300 g cubed elephant foot yam; a big bunch chopped malabar spinach; 2 tsp for grinding mustard seeds; a small ball tamarind; 3 green chilli; 2 dried red chilli; 1 tsp jaggery; 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 tsp chana dal (split chickpeas); 1 tsp urad dal (split black gram); a sprig curry leaves; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste

Yam and Malabar spinach in mustard and tamarind. Godavari wedding food.

45 minTime

4 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayElephant yam, bachali and raw mustard.

The original

183kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

45minutessame

Kanda bachali kura as Godavari homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Elephant foot yam300 g, cubed

Malabar spinacha big bunch, chopped

Mustard seeds2 tsp, for grinding

Tamarinda small ball

Green chilli3

Dried red chilli2

Jaggery1 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Chana dal (split chickpeas)1 tsp

Urad dal (split black gram)1 tsp

Curry leavesa sprig

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Boil yam with tamarind water and turmeric until soft.
2Cook bachali leaves until wilted.
3Grind mustard seeds with green chilli and a pinch of salt to a paste.
4Temper dals, red chilli and curry leaves; add yam, greens, jaggery and salt, mash lightly. Turn off heat and stir in the mustard paste.

Serve it like this

Serve as a side beside rice, pappu and ghee on a banana leaf.

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Kanda bachali kura

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