Tapioca curry | Kappa curry - south indian style

 Tapioca is a really yummy tuber.Its simply cooked and seasoned with mustard seeds in coconut oil in the south and it tastes heavenly.My DH used to tell me how the gujarati house he stayed in UK served him sabji style tapioca curry for chapathis.I have tried it but not too happy with my results i never repeated it.Last week i tried this curry and its just a modified version of our south indian curry but i found it much better.A good change to regular tapioca.

Tapioca cubes in baby onion & coconut curry

We call this kappa-kelangu in Tamil, it is cooked until soft and sautéed with south indian standard seasoning - mustard,dals and curry leaves and topped with grated coconut.Tastes yummy with fish curry :) (very very popular with the keralites too.)

This time i tried to make this slightly differently(added onions) and used it as a side dish for chapatis.I loved the watery startchy liquid gravy with baby onions and coconut!

Tapioca is a root that is commonly used in many parts of the world.In our country, it is widely used in the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.The pearly translucent balls-sago balls or sabudhana or javarisi used in payasams is also made from tapioca/casava.Read more about tapioca here.

Even my LM liked it, i didn't give her the sautéed tapioca but i just cooked the tapioca with salt and turmeric and drained the excess water and gave it to her.Since tapioca is a root its completely healthy and completely proteinous!

To make this, I used

Tapioca/kappa 1 no
Curry leaves few sprigs
Baby onions 12-15 nos chopped finely
Coconut oil 2 tablespoons
Grated coconut 2 tablespoon(or more depending on how big your tapioca is)
Turmeric powder 1/2tsp
Red chillies 2 or 3 nos
Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
Urad dal/black lentils 1/2 tsp

• Peel the tapioca - it has two layers of peels one brown and an inner pink layers.Chop the tapioca into cubes.
• Cook the tapioca in an open vessel with enough water with salt and turmeric powder.The tapioca is cooked when soft you can cut through the cubes easily once cooked.
• Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds,urad dal,red chillies and curry leaves. Now add the chopped baby onions and fry until soft.
• Add the tapioca cubes and sautee well in the seasoning.Add required water (about half a cup or this is completely optional).This dish is usually served dry.

• Cook for another few minutes check for salt and turn off the heat.
• Serve with chapatis as i did or with south indian fish curry :) or as a healthy protein packed tea time snack!

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Tapioca cubes in baby onion & coconut curry

We call this kappa-kelangu in Tamil, it is cooked until soft and sautéed with south indian standard seasoning - mustard,dals and curry leaves and topped with grated coconut.Tastes yummy with fish curry :) (very very popular with the keralites too.)