Count your blessings - Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry

Count your blessings - Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry

One of my favourite dishes is the Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry which is also known as Kerala Pulisherry in the language Malayalam. This is a traditional dish that is part of South Indian Cuisine in Kerala. Kerala Pulisherry is also known as Moru Curry. I always like to cook this dish for my family and it is the most frequent dish that I make. This is one of the dishes that is most customarily served with easy cook rice, pickle and papadum and it can be served in addition to the chicken curry or fish curry and can cool down the spice of the other more spicier curries in the meal.

Preparation Time

Preparation Time: five minutes, Cooking Time: five minutes

Total time taken to prepare Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry is ten minutes.

The full ingredients list.

You will need the following ingredients to prepare Kerala Pulisherry:

• Thick Yoghurt - One Cup ( I prefer to use Yeo Valley Greek Style Natural Yoghurt)
• Coconut Milk - Half a Cup (Maggi Coconut Milk Powder is a good brand)
• Vegetable Oil - 1 tablespoon ( KTC Coconut Oil can provide a more traditional taste than vegetable oil).
• 4 Garlic Cloves - Chopped
• Mustard Seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric - 1 teaspoon
• Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
• Curry Leave - 5 leaves
• Green Chilly - One chopped chilly
• Red Dried Chilly - 2 Chillies

Instructions for making Pulisherry

Here are the Cooking Instructions for preparing Kerala Pulisherry:

1. Prepare the coconut milk and yoghurt mixture in advance in a separate bowl and by adding one cup of thick yoghurt, half a cup of coconut milk, and add a 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder and gently stir and whisk the mixture. Leave the mixture aside for later as this will need to be added to the saucepan later.

2. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a saucepan for 30 seconds.

3. Add one teaspoon of mustard seeds and 4 pieces of chopped garlic until it turns light brown.

4. Then add one chopped green chilly and one red dried chilly and 5 curry leaves to the saucepan.

5. Add the whisked yogurt and coconut milk mixture to the saucepan and stir this into the mixture.

6. Make sure you only heat the Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry curry lightly on low heat and do not bring this to a boil. Do not heat the curry for more than 30 seconds, otherwise the yoghurt will curdle.

7. When the mustard seeds rise in the curry, switch off the heat.

8. Serve the Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry, with easy cook rice or basmati rice and serve this with an additional curry such as chicken curry and pickle and pupadum.

Other variations of Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry

You can make different variations of pulisherry. You can add mango, to make mango pulisherry which is known as Mambarazha Pulisherry in the language Malayalam (spoken language of Kerala).

You can also make dates pulisherry. Another variation is Ripe Plantain Pulisherry which is also known as Ethapazham Pulisherry.

Other types of Pulisherry you an make is:

• Pumpkin Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Cucumber Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Okra Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Banana Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Pineapple Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Butternut Squash Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Apple Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Watermelon Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry
• Tomato Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading my article on how to make Spiced Yoghurt and Coconut Curry - Kerala Pulisherry.