Tapioca Stir Fry – Kappa Ulathiyathu – Kerala Style Recipe
2013-05-19- Cuisine: Kerala, കേരളം
- Course: Breakfast, Kerala Snacks, Main, Side Dish
- Skill Level: Beginner
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- Yield: 500 gm
- Servings: 5 nos
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Ready In: 25m
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Tapioca is widely consumed in the Indian state of Kerala usually as breakfast or as a snack in the evening. It is boiled after skinning and cutting it in to large cakes of about 6–8 cm long or into small 2 cm cubes in water till properly cooked and the water is drained off.
Once cooked, it can be mixed with chili, salt, turmeric etc, steamed and mashed into a dry pudding. This can also be garnished in oil with mustard, onion, curry leaves etc if required. Here, I am sharing a simple recipe with you. Tapioca Stir Fry is very easy to cook with less ingredients. It goes well with rice as a side dish.
Try this recipe!
Ingredients
- Kappa/ tapioca – 1/2 Kg
- Turmeric powder –1/2 tsp
- Shallots – 8 nos (chopped)
- Crushed dry red chilli – 3 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Coconut oil - 3 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water - 4 cups
- Curry leaves - 2 strings
Method
Step 1
Peel the skin of kappa and cut into small pieces. Take a pressure cooker add kappa with water and turmeric powder and cook for 10 minutes. When it becomes tender add salt. Drain the water and keep it aside.
Step 2
Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves, crushed dry red chillies, chopped shallots and saute well. To this add cooked kappa and mix it well.
Step 3
Tasty Kappa Ulathiyathu is ready to be served.