Friday, September 4, 2009

KELE AMBAT

Heres the recipe of 'Kele ambat' that I prepared on 'Sutham Punnav'. Kele ambat is the authentic traditional konkani item that is prepared during festival times. Its just simple and mild tasting sweet and a bit spicy flavoured curry. Goes well as a side dish with rice. But I just love to have it alone without mixing it with rice. This is a must recipe to try guys. Hope you all will enjoy our konkani dish.



INGREDIENTS.

2 Nendrapazham.(Ripe Plantains)

1/2 cup Channa dal.

1 cup Grated coconut.

4 cubes Grated jaggery.

1 Red chilly.

1 tsp turmeric powder.

1 tbsp Coconut Oil.

1 tsp Mustard seeds.

1/2 tsp Jeera.

1/2 tsp rice flour.

1 Sprig Curry leaves.

Few Cashewnuts.

Salt to taste.

METHOD.

Cook channa dal with little turmeric in pressure cooker. Make sure it does not become soo mushy.

Grind coconut, rice flour and red chilli together smoothly with water. Adding of rice flour would tighten the gravy. Keep the mixture aside.

Cut the banana into small piece and cook them along with jaggery and cashews. Once banana are cooked, add salt and the channa dal mixture. Bring them to boil.

At this stage add the grinded coconut mixture and stir for a min under medium flame. Remove from flame or else it will curdle.

In another pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds, jeera,and curry leaves and add to the dish.
Serve hot.

Enjoy!!

32 comments:

Indian Khana said...

Looks Gud ..this is new for me..shall try

Jaishree Iyer said...

This is my all time favourite. We say kootu. I make everything similar But i add bit tamrind in that. Nice click..... And a lovely recipe...

Finla said...

Just imagine eating them with rice. Delicous.

lata raja said...

Hi Suma, thanks for visiting my blog. I'd have never stumbled here but for that...what a lovely space you have. Kele Ambi is new to me. Will try this as many others too.

Aps Kitchen said...

Suma... though it is a konkani dish its new to me.... I love raw nd ripe plantains :) luks nice.
Collect ur gift this time from my blog :)

Sum Raj said...

Priti,
Thanks gal..u have to try this..

Sum Raj said...

Jaishree,
Shall try next time adding tamarind and i do love tangy flavour..

Happy cook,
hahaha...thats soo cute of u HP..

Lataraja,
Welcome to my blog :)

Aparna,
Thanks for ur wonderful gift dear. U have to try this recipe soon when u buy plaitains next time. Do let me know the final result :)

Vani said...

Plantains and chana dal in a sweet and spicy gravy - sounds really good!

Unknown said...

It's very interesting new to me will try this soon.

Gita Jaishankar said...

This is a very new dish to me Suma...love the sweet and spicy combination :)

Nanditha Prabhu said...

wow ! mouth watering suma ... i rarely make it as bhavu is not a fan of any sweet dishes .. and i will have to make it just for myself .. hope i was there with you to taste your kelya ambat ...

Unknown said...

nice recipe with nendrampazham...looks good..

Bharathy said...

New to me too..I love anything with nennthran in ;)..

Shama Nagarajan said...

new recipe to me....looks yummy too...please do participate in my first cooked food event.......

Priya Suresh said...

Wow such a new dish to me..

Unknown said...

wow.. great .. looks really moiuthwatering..

Sum Raj said...

hey thanks everyone...

notyet100 said...

looks authentic,..

Vrinda said...

Wow..that looks delicious Suma and totally new to me..i lov nentrapazham,will giv it a try,thanx for sharing...

Uj said...

A totally new recipe for me.. Dont get that variety of banana but once I am back will try it

Srivalli said...

hai suma rajesh, Kele ambat is new to me. should try recipe.

Parita said...

Hmmm perfect with rice!

Preeti Kashyap said...

This looks really yummm. Its something new for me and I should try it

s said...

I love konkani food..such a lovely blog...most recpes looks easy as well...

Uma said...

sooo yummy and tempting Suma :)

Purva Desai said...

new for me, but looks yummy....will give it a try

Divya Kudua said...

Yum..Kellya ambat is one of my favorite curries.I was in Ekm during suthampunnav and I had this to my hearts content.I love having it all by itself..:)

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

New to me, looks yummy and tempting.

Cham said...

Such a new and flavorful dish!

Madhavi said...

Yumyyyyy dal :))

Urmi said...

Looks yummy and delicious. I will definitely try it out.

Satheesh Sadanand said...

Tried this out today on Ugadi. Turned out great. Thanks for posting the recipe.