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Kalan is a delicious creamy side dish for meal made by cooking plantain & yam in a yogurt & coconut based sauce into a creamy curry. Kurukku Kalan is prepared for rice meal & Onam Sadhya spread and a must try at home.
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Kalan is a part of Onam Sadya Menu, a traditional , popular and a must in sadya menu.Kalan is nothing but plaintain and yam cooked and added to a yogurt coconut based sauce which is a thick and creamy curry.As onam is nearing, this time I wanted to try Kalan curry which is one of the dishes in Sadhya menu.
There are two types of kalan namely rasa kalan prepared using variety of vegetables like pumpkin, elephant yam, ash gourd, raw banana, yellow cucumber etc and kurukku kalan which is prepared with plantain and yam it has a semi solid thick creamy consistency. I love any yogurt based curry so this easily becomes one of my favs now.
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Kalan Recipe | Kurukku Kalan
Kalan is a delicious creamy side dish for meal made by cooking plantain & yam in a yogurt & coconut based sauce into a creamy curry. Kurukku Kalan is prepared for rice meal & Onam Sadhya spread and a must try at home.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Servings2 people
AuthorSharmilee J
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raw green plantain
- 1/2 cup elephant yam
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek powder Dry roast 1/2 teaspoon of fenugreek and grind it to a fine powder
- few nos curry leaves
- 1 cup curd sour
- salt to taste
To grind:
- 1/4 cup coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 no green chilli
To temper:
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 no red chilli
- few nos curry leaves
Instructions
Whisk curd well until smooth and creamy.
Remove the skin of the veggies and chop it into bite sized pieces, Keep immersed in water and rinse it well.
Cook the vegetables in required water with salt and turmeric powder till soft and is slightly mushy.You can add pepper powder also while cooking - I usually add at last stage.
Grind the ingredients listed under 'to grind' to a semi coarse mixture along with little water, Set aside. Now add whisked curd.
Mix well, let it boil for 5 mins.Then add coconut mixture,mix well and let it cook for few mins, add pepper powder and fenugreek powder. Mix well.
Prepare the tadka - heat coconut oil - add the items listed under 'to temper' let it splutter. Add this tadka to the curry. Mix well and switch off.
Serve Kalan with rice!
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Notes
- The curry gets to thicken faster so switch it off accordingly may be a bit runny so that once it cools down it gets to the right consistency.
- You can even mash up veggies before adding it to the curry.
- Take care to keep stirring after curd is added to avoid curd from curdling.
- You can even pressure cook the vegetables.
- Yam takes time to cook so while it is half cooked I added raw banana.
Nutrition Facts
Kalan Recipe | Kurukku Kalan
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 198Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 16mg5%
Sodium 1033mg45%
Potassium 497mg14%
Carbohydrates 24g8%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 14g16%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 954IU19%
Vitamin C 116mg141%
Calcium 185mg19%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Kalan Recipe Step by Step
- Whisk curd well until smooth and creamy.
Pin - Remove the skin of the veggies and chop it into bite sized pieces, Keep immersed in water and rinse it well.Cook the vegetables in required water with salt and turmeric powder till soft and is slightly mushy.You can add pepper powder also while cooking – I usually add at last stage.Pin
- Grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ to a semi coarse mixture along with little water,Set aside.Now add whisked curd.Pin
- Mix well, let t boil for 5 mins.Then add coconut mixture,mix well and let i cook for few mins, add pepper powder and fenugreek powder.Mix well.Pin
- Prepare the tadka – heat coconut oil – add the items listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter.Add this tadka to the curry.Mix well and switch off.Pin
Serve with rice!
Expert Tips
- The curry gets to thicken faster so switch it off accordingly may be a bit runny so that once it cools down it gets to the right constiency.
- You can even mash up veggies before adding it to the curry.
- Take care to keep stirring after curd is added to avoid curd from curdling.
- You can even pressure cook the vegetables. Yam takes time to cook so while it is half cooked you can add plaintain.But I sometimes add together and cook it as its ok if it gets slightly mushy too.
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Comments
M D
Happy Onam to you and your family! The Onam Sadhya Kurukku Kalan looking great!
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Uma Ramanujam
No doubt coconut oil must have given wonderful aroma while seasoning. I simply love avial because of this reason. Never tasted kurukku kalan. bookmarking it to do.
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Prathibha
Guess what,my tomm post is also similar,avial..this looks delicious
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Looks delicious.
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Anu
Love the onam collection. Looks yum.
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Non stick, Nutty and Sous chef
That looks yum! no onam sadya is complete without the kalan and theavial! yum!
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Lavi Raj
Onam festive is here!! Have great time! love the recipe clip format! way to go!!
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Sangeetha
simply love it with rice…looks very tempting,love all your Onam special recipes…
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jeyashrisuresh
As you said it is very similar to aviyal, my mom makes a similar one with raw banana only. Nicely done and explained. cute clicks
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Divya Kudua
Kaalan is among my favorite dishes in a sadya,was planning to make it this year.Love the presentation!
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runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com
Never made any gravy or anything other than chips from raw plantain! Nice recipe
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Chitra
Looks yummy. will try sometime..
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Poornima Nair
Kalan is one of my fav dishes in the Sadya…looks delicious!!
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Saraswathi Tharagaram
Happy Onam wishes dear..Nice presentation and delicious curry.
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Prathima Rao
A delicious traditional recipe!!
Prathima Rao
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Zareena
mmmmm…. perfect for onam. Love this dish.
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Priya
One of my favourite dish from Kerala, excellent and prefect dish for Onam.
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Shobha Kamath
Onam Greetings to you and your family. Love this dish.
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Vardhini
Any dish with yogurt is my favorite. Looks tempting.
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Kruthika
Nice Dish
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Poonam
Hi ur recipes r grt and have tried them as well..if you could translate the names in hindi or english it'l be great 🙂
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Sharmilee! :)
@Poonam: I mention most ingredients in english only…but if you want it in hindi please use google translate 🙂
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