Koorka/Chinese potatoes mezhukkupuratti
Koorka or Chinese potatoes are seasonal vegetable. We get these during the winter season that too for a very short period.
The delicate flavour and the laborious job to clean these muddy vegetable makes it even more popular amongst us!
These tubers are ovel,round,dark to black and absolutely aromatic.
It requires patience and lot of time in hand for cleaning the vegetable. We used to put the tuber in small gunny bags or jute sacks and beat it on the floor till the outer skin peels off and then we use a knife to remove the leftover skin here and there.
But sometimes we pressure cook the koorka and peel it off like potatoes or arbi.
The recipe for this delicious mezhukkupuratti is very simple.
Koorka/Chinese potatoes mezhukkupuratti
Ingredients
500 grams Koorka
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon urad dal
1 red dry chili broken
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 springs curry leaves
2 teaspoon coconut oil
Salt as required
Method
*Wash, clean and remove the skin of the Koorka either by scrapping the skin or by pressure cook and remove the peel. Cut into small cubes or halves.
*In a kadai pour oil add mustard,urad dal, broken red chili.Let mustard splutter. Now add cooked and cubed koorka, I have cooked it in pressure cooker and peeled them.
( If you are using the raw koorka, cook it till it's tender)
*Once the koorka has cooked well add red chilli powder,turmeric,curry leaves and salt.
*Now reduce flame and slow roast the koorka, it will take about 5 to 6 minutes. Off stove, serve with rice and sambhar.
I am sure your family will enjoy this tasty koorka mezhukkupuratti.
The cooking and peeling process
Wash, clean and remove the mud with hands, change water three times before Cooking the koorka in pressure cooker.
Remove the outer skin
It look like this once you remove the outer skin.
Cut koorka into desired shape
Koorka mezhukkupuratti is ready to devour.
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