Kizhangu Podimas’
(Literally kizhangu podimas is Scrambled Root/Tuber vegetable)
This is made during religious festivals and consumed by those on fasting subject to avoiding few ingredients that are not recommended to consume during fasting.
I have made this with various tubers such as Cassava, Sweet potato, Elephant foot yam & Colocasia and not prepared inline with fasting norms.
Ingredients:-
• Cassava, Colocasia, Sweet potato and Elephant foot yam, cleaned and diced 250 gms each.
• Grated coconut 1 cup
• Green chilly 6 nos
• Shallots 8 pods
• Garlic 6 cloves
• Cumin seed 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds 1 tsp
• Dried red chilly 3 nos
• Amul Butter 4 tbs
• Curry leave 2 sprigs
• Rock salt to taste
In a pan, boil water and cook the root vegetables soft. Drain the water and allow to cool. Crumble it using a wooden spatula.
Grind coconut, shallots, garlic, cumin seeds and green chilly to a coarse consistency.
Meantime, heat a skillet and pour the ghee into it. Add mustard seed, red chilly and curry leaves. Once mustard seeds start sputtering, pour in the grounded paste and add the cooked tubers.
Add salt as required and give it a good mix.
Happy Cooking!