Spicy Tapioca

Ingredients:-

· Tapioca – 1 Kg

·  Shallots – 5-7

·  Garlic – 2-3

·  Turmeric Powder – A Pinch

·  Chili powder – As needed

·  Salt – As needed

To Temper:-

·  Mustard – 1 Tbsp

·  Curry Leaves - 3

Method:-

·  Heat a Kadai and add the “To Temper” items.

·  After that throw in the Chopped Shallots and Crushes Garlic to it.

·  Fry till the raw smell goes off.

·  Add the cooked tapioca to it. (Refer Here on how to cook Tapioca)

·   Add the powders to it and allow it to fry in low flame for 5-7 Mts.

·   At last add the curry leaves to it.

·  Delicious Spicy Kappa Thoran is Ready!!!

Kappa Samosa

Ingredients:

For Pastry / For Outer Layer:
All Purpose Flour / Flour-300 gms
Salt to taste
Oil-1 tblspn
Water as needed

For Tapioca Stuffing:

Tapioca / Marchini / Kappa-1
Potato-2
Frozen Peas- ½ cup (Optional)
Chilli powder-1 tsp
Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Peru Jeerakam-1 tblspn
Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
Oil-2 tblspn
Salt to taste

Method:

First make the pastry for samosa...

Take flour,salt and oil in a mixing bowl and rub well..

Slowly add in water and make into a firm dough..Knead it for 5 mins...Apply some oil on top and cover it with a bowl and let it rest for 30 mins..

Divide the dough into equal portion..Roll into a thin roti..Do this to all dough..

Heat a tawa on high heat..Put the thin roti on the tawa and cook less than 20 seconds on each side until the roti is cooked slightly..

Take it off the heat and cut in the shape of squares...

Now slice it in the middle,so that you get a rectangle (See pictures for more detail)..

Now set this aside for a moment..

Meanwhile make the filling for the samosa...Peel Tapioca and Potatoes and grate it using coarse grater...Take this in a colander and wash well so that the starch from this goes away..

Put this in a steamer and steam for 20-25 mins untill it is cooked..Remove and set aside..
Heat oil in a kadai..Add in fennel seeds and cumin seeds..

Add in peas and mix well..Now add in chilli powder, coriander powder and mix well..

Season with salt and mix well..Now add in cooked tapioca – potato mixture and mix well..Cook this for 5 mins...Remove and set aside to cool..

Make a thick paste out of flour and water for sealing

Now take one of the rectangle and apply this paste all over the sheet..

Fold it from one side and from the other so that it forms in a shape of a cone..

Now put a spoonful of filling in it and seal it on all sides(see picture).

Set this samosa aside to dry up..Now make all samosas like this..

Heat oil for deep frying and fry this samosa on medium heat for 3-5 mins until slightly cooked...Remove it and set aside.

Now increase the heat to a high and fry again till golden brown..

Serve hot with ketchup or any dip..

Chenda Muriyan+mulak chammandhi

Chenda Muriyan..... One snap of tapioca anywhere in market brings me the taste of chenda muriyan my amma and my athai amkes... Its an awesome dish.:) vow!!! I love this combination a lot!!! Dedicating this to my amma and my Akhila Athhai!!!

Ingredients:

For Seasoned Tapioca:

Tapioca / Marchini Kilangu / Kuchikezhangu / Kappakezhangu / Cassava – 1 kg

Mustard Seed / Kaduku -1 tsp

Urad Dal / Ulundu – 1tsp

Dry Red Chilli – 2

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Salt to taste

Oil- 1 tsp

For Green Chilli Chutney:

Green Chilli – 4

Garlic – 4

Salt to taste

Coconut Oil – 3 tblspn

Method:

For Seasoned Tapioca:

Peel the outer hard skin of the tapioca and cut into bite sized pieces. Put it in a colander and wash it well.

Take it in a saucepan and cover it with water.Once the water gets boiled, drain the water.(For any tapioca curries, you need to drain the first water that you use for boiling the same) Add water again. Add salt to taste and bring this to a boil. Simmer this for 20-25 mins or untill the tapioca is cooked through. Drain it and set aside.

Now make seasoning by heating 1 tsp of oil and add in mustard and urad dal. After it crackles add in dry red chilli and curry leaves. Mix well.

Add the boiled tapioca and mix well. Adjust the seasoning and remove into a bowl.

Serve it with green chilli Chutney

For Green Chilli Chutney:

Take green chilli, garlic and salt in a blender and grind it roughly. Now add in coconut oil and mix well. Serve this with tapioca..