Maravalli Kizhangu - Tapioca Tuber Stir Fry

மரவள்ளிக்கிழங்கு or Aalvalli Kizhangu Poriyal

This is my yet another childhood time pass food item. even though my mother never makes this, my neighbour auntie makes this during the season and never misses to share with us. just boil it in water with or without salt. that's enough cooking. we eat it just like that. but there was another neighbour from Kerala, they used to
boil it, crumble it and temper it. they had this for breakfast. i never tasted it then as i was not much interested in it. now, i am interested in exploring the tastes and flavours of food which i once ignored. so trying this maravalli or alvalli kizhangu or tapioca tuber in English. today i made this as an evening snack. i liked it very much as it had a totally different taste to it unlike eating it just boiled. 

Ingredients:

• Maravalli kizhangu boiled and crumbled - 2 cups
• dry red chillies - 5
• regular oil - 2 teaspoons
• onion - 1 medium
• curry leaves - few sprigs
• mustard
• urad dhal
• bengal gram - 2 teaspoons
• asafoetida
• turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
• salt as required
• coconut grating - 2 tablespoons
• coconut oil - 1 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Preparing the tapioca: wash the tapioca well. cut to pieces of 3 inches height like roundels. put it in a pressure cooker and pressure cook for 10 minutes. when pressure is gone, drain water from it and the skin will fall off from the tubers. cool this. then crumble this to small bite size pieces. add required salt to this and mix it and keep aside
• heat some oil and add the tempering ingredients like mustard, urad dhal, bengal gram, curry leaf, asafoetida, dry red chillies and turmeric powder.
• later add the onion and saute for few minutes.
• then add the tapioca and mix well. make sure the ingredients are evenly mixed and the salt is perfect. 
• lastly, sprinkle the coconut gratings and a spoon of coconut oil to give that fresh Malabar touch to it. 
• serve this warm in the mornings for breakfast or in the evenings as snack. This stir fry goes well as side dish for kara kuzhambu.

Share this with any of your good neighbours... you will have happy neighbours !

Happy cooking !!