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Today's recipe is a simple one which my mom used to make it. Simple recipe with very  few ingredients but never got that taste which mom used to make. This yummy dry side dish is made with Taro root which is called as Chama dumpa / Chama gadda in Telugu and Arbi in Hindi.  This root vegetable can be cooked in several ways. Can boil the taro root and cut and just simply fry in oil or make a tangy  gravy curry with onions, tamarind pulp and jaggery. Some times I add boiled eggs too to this tangy curry. You can click here to see the tangy egg and Arbi curry. Today we are starting with 2nd week of BM 61, and my theme for this week is to cook with "Root Vegetables".  There are many root vegetable, some of them which commonly known are Carrots, Onions, Radish, Beet root, Potato , Taro root etc.... Taro root has been one of my favorite vegetable since my childhood. But never used to like the stickiness which come from this vegetable. So my mom always used to make stir fry ...

Today's recipe is the one which I learned from my MIL. It's a tangy and sweet simi gravy curry which is made with boiled eggs, taro root, tamarind pulp and jaggery.  Simple and delicious curry which is made with in 30 minutes. This recipe goes to the 2nd day of BM 60 under the theme "Family recipes."   Ingredients: Chamadumpalu  / Arbi 1/2 pound Eggs 4 Tamrind pulp 3 spoon Onions chopped 1/2 cup Green chillies 2 Curry leaves 4 Haldi 1/4 spoon Chili powder 1 spoon Sugar or Jaggery 1 spoon Salt to taste Oil 1/2 cup Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon Cilantro 1/2 cup chopped Preparation: Boil egg and remove shells. Mark 2 or 3 slits  on eggs so that they wont popup when u cook. Peal the skin of chamadumpalu  / Arbi and cut into small pieces. In a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds. When they crackle add onions, slit green chilies and curry leaves. Saute for 2 minutes and add haldi and arbi  pieces. Stir for few minutes and add Boiled eggs. Now add chili powder, sugar, ta...