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Coconut-based curry with plantain, sweet potato, and black chickpeas

Coconut-based curry with plantain, sweet potato, and black chickpeas

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A Kerala-style curry: green plantain, elephant yam, and black chickpeas cooked with spices, bound together with a coconut-based paste and flavored with mu…

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Recipe from Gkdeepasulekha, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The koottu curry combines firm vegetables and black chickpeas in a rich coconut-based sauce. The final touch, a drizzle of coconut oil, gives it its distinctive aroma.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting8 hr
  • Total9 hr 5 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$5.50 $1.38 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 12, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.24
  • $1.26
  • $0.10
  • $0.21
  • $2.86
  • $0.19
  • $0.03

Spiced fried food

  • $0.25
  • $0.07
  • $0.29

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the black chickpeas in cold water overnight, then drain them.
  2. Cook the chickpeas, plantains, and sweet potatoes with turmeric, chili pepper, and black pepper, in enough water to cover them, until they are tender.
  3. Salt the coconut, then mix the coconut with the cumin and a little water, reserving 2 tablespoons. ≈ 4 min
  4. Add this paste to the curry, bring to a boil, and remove from the heat.
  5. Heat the coconut oil, then add the mustard seeds, dried chili peppers, and curry leaves. Pour over the curry.
  6. Mix the reserved coconut with a small amount of coconut oil, ensuring it doesn’t become browned, and then add it to the curry.

The bill

Coconut-based curry with plantain, sweet potato, and black chickpeas

  • 1/2 cup of black chickpeas (kadala)$0.24
  • 1 cup of green plantain, diced$1.26
  • 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric$0.10
  • 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper$0.21
  • 1 1/2 cups of shredded coconut$2.86
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin$0.19
  • salt$0.03
  • coconut oil$0.25
  • mustard seeds$0.07
  • curry leaves$0.29

Total$5.50

that's $1.38 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of black chickpeas (kadala)
  • 1 cup of green plantain, diced
  • 1 cup of elephant yam (chena), diced
  • 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric
  • Ground chili pepper, to your liking
  • 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups of shredded coconut
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin
  • salt
  • water
  • coconut oil
  • mustard seeds
  • 3 dried red chili peppers, finely chopped
  • curry leaves

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