Shola Kochu can be cooked in many ways, it can be fried, bata/ mashed, cooked into gravy with fish etc.
Today we are making korma with shola kochu. It’s a simple, yet delicious recipe. This can be eaten with pulav rice or paratha.
Ingredients
8 round pieces of Shola Kochu after peeling
1 medium Onion made into paste
1 tbsp Ginger - Garlic - Chilli paste
1 Green chilli slit
2 Cloves
1 Green Cardamom
1 small piece of Cinnamon
1 Bay leaf
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Cumin powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Chilli powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder
1/2 cup Coconut Milk
2 tbsp Curd
1 tbsp Mustard Oil
1 tsp Ghee
Method
Take the pieces of shola Kochu, poke the pieces with a fork. Pressure cook the pieces of the shola kochu for one whistle. Remove the pieces from the pressure cooker. Heat the mustard oil in a pan, fry the shola Kochu pieces until light brown in colour. Remove the pieces from the pan, in the same pan add the cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf and cumin seeds. Let it crackle, add the onion paste, ginger - garlic - chilli paste, salt and sugar. Sauté the masala for a minute, add the curd, cumin powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder and green chilli. Continue to sauté and cook until the oil releases from the masala. Add little water and cook the masala for 2 minutes. Add the shola Kochu pieces, let it cook in the gravy for another minute. Add the coconut milk and let the gravy simmer for another few seconds. Switch off the flame, add ghee and garam masala powder. Garnish with fried onions (optional) and a little coconut milk.
