Ingredients for Chena – Chemb – Cherupayar Puzhukk:
1. Colacasia – 150 gm, cleaned and cut into pieces
Elephant yam – 150 gm, cleaned and cut into pieces
Turmeric powder – A little
Salt – For taste
2. Coconut grated – 1 cup
Shallots – 5
Garlic – 6 cloves
Green chillies – 2
Cumin seeds – 1 small spoon
3. Virgin coconut oil – 1 big spoon
4. Mustard – 1 small spoon
Curry leaves – A little
5. Soya bean/any pulse/chickpeas boiled – 100 gm
6. Flax seeds – 1 big spoon
Salt – A little
7. Moringa leaves /palak/spinach – A handful
How to prepare Chena – Chemb – Cherupayar Puzhukk?
1. Cook ingredients no: 1 together.
2. Crush ingredients no: 2 together and keep aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan and sputter mustard seeds.
4. Add curry leaves and coconut mixture and fry for a few minutes.
5. Add ingredient no: 5 and mix well.
6. Add cooked yam and colocasia.
7. Make a powder of ingredients no: 6 and add to your puzhukk
8. Add the leaves in the final stage and mix well.
9. When the leaf is well, turn off the flame.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, December 24 – January 6, 2023
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