Ellum Kappayum

Ingredients:

• Tapioca 1kg
• Beef with bone 1/2 kg
• Coconut 2 1/2 cup
• Onion 1big (sliced)
• Chilly 2 to 3
• Garlic( chopped)
• Ginger(chopped)
• Vinegar 1 tbsp
• Corriander pdr 2 tbsp
• Chilly pdr 2 tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves
• Mustard
• Water
• Salt
• Oil

Peel the skin of the tapioca. Wash and cut the tapioca into small pieces. Cook it in boiling water. When it turns tender add salt and remove from fire (do not boil after adding salt as it will tend to become hard). Drain off the water and keep it aside.

Clean and cut the beef into small pieces. Roast turmeric pdr, chilly pdr, coriander pdr and garam masala well. Use more chilly and coriander pdr than you would while making beef curry. Add the roasted pdr and the rest of the ingredients into the beef (onion to salt) and cook well till it turns soft. Keep it aside.

Grind together coconut, onion, chilly, turmeric and a little corriander pdr. Add the cooked beef into the tapioca and mix well. Add the coconut mix into the tapioca and cook for another couple of minutes and mix well. Heat oil in a pan and add curry leaves and mustard. When it splutters, add red chilly and pour it into the tapioca.