Chemagadda tamarind Curry (Colocasia with tamarind jus)

Colocasia/chemagadda is one of our fav vegetables especially when added in sambar. My mom makes the best curry out of it. Though there are different ways of preparing curry this is my fav as it can be had with both roti and rice and has some gravy to it in the form of tamarind jus. It dosent take much time to prepare this. But this curry is quite heavy so not recommended when you wanted to eat something lite.Best way of having it is with rice and lots of ghee.

Ingredients:

Colocasia /Chemagadda/ chemadumpa / arbi – 6

tamarind – 1 small cup (enough to make 1 cup jus)

mustard seeds – 1 tspn
cumin seeds – 1 tspn
salt – 1tspn
red chilli powder – 1tspn
channa dal – 1tspn
oil – 1 tbspn

Procedure:

Tamarind Jus
Take a cup of warm water and soak tamarind for 5 mins. gently sqeeze the tamarind with the water . sieve the mixture to get jus

cook colocasia either using pressure cooker or boiling in water. peel of the skin and cut into medium pieces.

in a wok/kadai add oil. once oil is heated add channa dal, cumin seeds, mustard seeds. once the seeds start to splutter add the tamarind jus.
add salt and chilli powder and mix it well

add the cooked colocasia and mix well. cook with closed lid for 5 mins.till the jus is reduced from watery state.

If the tamarind jus is more sour add water.You can try adding jus in steps to arrive at your acceptable acidity. salt reduces the sourness too.

You can have this as side dish with rice/roti/chapati.