Erisseri is a traditional dish of Kerala, served as a side dish of rice. It’s also served with Onam Sadya in the Malabar region.
Erisseri recipe
 

Ingredients for Erisseri:

1. Elephant yam, finely chopped – 1 cup
    Raw banana cut into small pieces after removing skin – 1 cup
    Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
    Chilli powder – ½ tsp
    Pepper powder – ½ tsp
    Salt – As required
2. Coconut grated – ½ cup
    Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
3. Coconut grated – 1.5 cups
4. Coconut oil – ¼ cup
5. Black gram daal – 1 tsp
6. Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
7. Curry leaves – 2 stalks

How to prepare Erisseri?

1. Mix ingredients no: 1, and cook, adding enough water.
2. Sauté these vegetables and add finely ground ingredients no: 2.
3. Boil it well till the water content is absorbed. Turn the flame off.
4. Crush in a mixer 1.5 cups of grated coconut and keep it aside.
5. Heat oil in a pan and sauté urad daal. Add cumin seeds also and sauté them.
6. Add crushed coconut to it and fry well.
7. When it turns reddish colour, add curry leaves to it.
8. Add cooked vegetables to it and mix the contents well. Your Erisseri is ready to serve.  
 
Archive: Vanitha magazine September 1-14 2011 edition
 
You can read the recipe for Kozhikode Erisseri here.

Read a few more elephant yam & colocasia vegetarian side dish recipes here. Click on the images in the gallery to read.

 
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