Eruseri

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Eruseri is a famous kerala dish which uses pepper and coconut for its flavour. While my mom uses only pepper to render spicyness to the gravy my MIL uses a combo of red chili and pepper. I like this version more and its very simple dish too!!. It gives lot of volume so it comes very handy it you have to cook for large number of people . Goes well with any tamarind based kuzhambu and even rasam :). Lets see how to make this yummy kootu!

Eruseri

Cuisine: Indian Category: Sidedish Difficulty level: Easy Prep Time: 10 mins Cook time: 20 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients Chenai/ Elephant Yam 150g Plantain 1 medium sized Salt 1 tsp Turmeric 1/4 tsp Pepper corns 4 Coconut 1/2 cup Red chili 4 Jeera 1 tsp Curry Leaves 1 spring Coriander leaves 1 spring Coconut oil 1 tsp Preparation     1.     Chop the plantain and yam into medium sized chunks. Grate coconut or cut them into small squares and crush the pepper coarsely.

Method             1.     Boil the chopped veggies along with salt , pepper powder and turmeric. In the meantime grind coconut, red chili and jeera to a nice paste.      2.     Once the vegetables get cooked well and become soft add the ground paste and mix well.        3.     Garnish with  fresh curry leaves and coriander leaves. Finally add the coconut oil and serve!!                                         Notes

·         Adjust red chili and pepper according to your spice level.

Taste great with puliodharai or vendhaya kuzhambu:) !!!