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Kaya koorkha Moloshyam (Plantain chinese potato moloshyam)




Ingredients :
  1. Kaya cut  (Raw plantain) - 1 No
  2. Koorkha cut lengthwise( Chinese potato )  - 2 Cups
  3. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
  4. Chilly Powder- 1 /2tsp
  5. Green Chilly - 1
  6. Pepper Powder- 1/4 tsp
  7. Curry leaves as required
  8. Onion Shallots- 4 nos chopped
  9. Salt as required
  10. Oil- 1 tbsp
Cleaning the Banana and Chinese potato ( Koorkha )
  1. Before  you cut the banana , peel off the skin of the bananas.
  2. Chop to square pieces.
  3. Soak in water for 15 minutes.
  4. Wash the chinese potato well in salt water  to move the dirt over it.
  5. Soak inwater for 15 minutes.
  6. Again wash it many times and peel off the skin..
  7. Cut into 2 halves if it small.
  8. Keep the cleaned banana pieces and korrkha pieces aside.
How to Cook
  1. Add little water, green chilly ,chopped onion shallots,koorkha ,plantain pieces,chilly powder, salt ,turmeric powder and salt to a cooker and cook to 4 whistles. 
  2. After sometime open the pan and add more water as required for the gravy.(the gravy should be thick )
  3. Sprinkle pepper powder and cook on high flame for 1 minute.
  4. Add curry leaves as much as you want.It gives a good flavour.
  5. After the curry is cooked, add oil over the curry and mix well.
  6. Switch off the flame.
  7. Close the pan and keep  for 5 minutes.
  8. Serve hot with rice.!!!


Note : Instead of adding onion shallots initially along with vegetables to the pressure pan  , you can add oil to a pan , saute the onion shallots and add to gravy at last .( alternative to step 5 )


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