Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, erissery. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Erissery is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Erissery is something that I have loved my whole life.
Erissery (Erishery) is another traditional Kerala Recipe made using ground coconut paste and finally seasoning with roasted coconut. I have always loved Erissery which my Mom used to prepare once in a while. Mathanga Payaru (Pumpkin and Bean) Erissery used to be the most common one prepared by my mom. Erissery is a special dish from Kerala that is also included in the feast of one of the biggest festivals of South India - Onam.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have erissery using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Erissery:
- Prepare 100 gm whole green moong
- Get 1 cup yellow (ripe) pumpkin
- Take 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- Get 14 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Take 1 cup grated coconut
- Take 2 tbsp coconut oil
- Make ready 1/4 tsp mustard seeds/rye
- Take 1/2 tsp urad dal
- Get 2 dry red chillies
- Make ready 1 sprig curry leaves
- Get to taste Salt
Erissery is a kerala special dish made for Onam, and made mostly with yellow pumpkin,called as Mathanga erissery. I remember my mom makes this but i have never made tried this on my own or tasted it after marriage. As my athai is very fond of this erissery, she makes this more when she comes to our house for summer vacation. Erissery is one of the traditional recipe of Kerala.
Instructions to make Erissery:
- Soak the lentil (moong) for at least 4 -5hrs…Wash and pressure cook the whole moong along with chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and some water enough to cover the lentil….around 4 -5 whistles.
- Once the cooker is cooked add the diced pumpkin pieces to it and cook again for 2 whistles..let the pressure release and keep aside.
- Meanwhile take 1/2cup grated coconut and cumin seeds in a grinder and blend to a paste.
- Then add this paste to the erissery and cook for another 5 mins mashing the pumpkin with the spoon..
- Tadka: in a pan heat coconut oil and add the mustard seeds, red chillies, urad dal and curry leaves and saute then add the left grated coconut and fry till golden… add erissery to this pan and mix everything till the erissery is neither too thick nor too thin. serve with rice.
As my athai is very fond of this erissery, she makes this more when she comes to our house for summer vacation. Erissery is one of the traditional recipe of Kerala. Merger between sweetness of pumpkin and coconut takes your taste buds to another level. You can make erissery using Yam, Raw Banana, Raw Papaya, Jackfruit Prepare the erissery using coconut oil, if you want the authentic Kerala taste. The consistency of the dish should be reasonably thick In its very basic form, Erissery, the traditional dish from Kerala (South India), is made using a combination of vegetables and coconut.
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