Quite easy and delicious authentic Kerala dish! Tapioca cooked, mashed and combined with beef, meat masala and fried coconut. Adapted from mariasmenu.com.
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Kerala Style Kappa (Tapioca) Biriyani
Quite easy and delicious authentic Kerala dish! Tapioca cooked, mashed and combined with beef, meat masala and fried coconut. Adapted from mariasmenu.com.
Ingredients
Tapioca Preparation
- 750 Grams Tapioca (Kappa)
- ¼ Teaspoon turmeric Powder
- salt
Beef Preparation
- 500 Grams beef
- 1 onion
- 1 Tablespoon ginger (crushed)
- 1 Tablespoon garlic (crushed)
- 1 Tablespoon chilli Powder
- 1 Tablespoon coriander Powder
- ½ Teaspoon turmeric Powder
- 1 Teaspoon pepper Powder
- 1 Teaspoon garam masala
- 2 Teaspoons vinegar
- salt
Coconut Mix
- 1 Cup grated coconut
- 1 Teaspoon chilli Powder
- 1 Teaspoon coriander powder
Seasoning
- 6 shallot / small onion
- 1 Teaspoon mustard seeds
- coconut oil
- curry leaves
Instructions
- Cut tapioca into small pieces. Cook tapioca with salt, turmeric powder and water. Add enough water so that tapioca is completed soaked in water. Cook until it becomes soft.
- Drain off the water completely. Mash tapioca a bit and keep it aside.
- Slice the onion. Marinate beef with onion and other ingredients listed under Beef preparation. Cook marinated beef until tender. In pressure cooker it might take around 3 whistles. Add mashed tapioca to beef and mix well.
- Fry coconut with chilli powder and coriander powder. Grind the mixture once it cools down and add it to beef and tapioca mix. Mix it well. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Fry curry leaves and small onions. Garnish tapioca beef mix with the prepared seasoning. Enjoy 🙂
Nutrition
Serving: 408gCalories: 1110kcalCarbohydrates: 173gProtein: 24gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 89mgSodium: 96mgPotassium: 607mgFiber: 5gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 82IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 6mg
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I have never made or tasted kappa biriyani. Send to office? :D
Next time :)
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Tried it and it was soo tasty.
Great to hear that you liked it :)
So lovely and very tasty thanks for your recipe.
Thanks Eva :) Great to hear that.
Thank you for the recipe. I tried a fusion dish with kappa. Try it www.dinnerthoughts.net
Thanks, it is very good recipe. 😀😀😀😀
Thanks Linette! Thanks for trying it out :)
Tried this yesterday. Came out really well. I had not taken the proportion of kappa, beef correctly. Had more beef, less kappa, but was still very yum! Kids had it as a side with rice, hubby had it as a side with bread and I had it as a main.