Kappa, kandari mulakku chutney and Dahasamani

Good evening,

I want to share with you a very ordinary but most popular food from Gods own country - Kerala. Its kappa, kandari mullaku chutney. (Tapioca and green chilly chutney) In  Srilanka also kappa is grown and cooked almost same way we cook in Kerala. In Vietnam kappa is steamed and eaten with peanut powder and sugar. Its a popular street food.

Kappa, kandari chutney and pathimukham(Dahasamani)

Kappa

Ingredients

Kappa/Tapioca - 1

Salt as required

Water for cooking tapioca

Method of Preparation

Wash cut and remove outer skin from tapioca.  Cut into half and further cut into big pieces. In pressure cooker add water, salt and tapioca. Cook for 3 to 4 whistles. Drain water and arrange in the serving plate or bowl.

For kandari chutney

Ingredients

Kandari mullaku - 10

coconut - 2 tbsp

tamarind - a small piece

salt as required

coconut oil - 1 tsp

garlic - 1 pod

baby onion - 1

Method of Preparation

Peel and chop onion and garlic into small piece. Add rest of the ingredients into a mixer and grind to a coarse paste. Put in the serving bowl pour coconut oil. Enjoy kappa with this spicy chutney.

Dahasamani (pathimukham)

Boil 2 glasses of water add just a pinch of pathimukham, strain and serve in beautiful transparent glass along with kappa. 

Dahasamani is a blood purifier and cools your body. In most of the houses in Kerala people drink dahasamani/pathimukham boiled water.