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Recipe for Elephant Yam Fry
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Ingredients
- Elephant yam- 250 gm
- Sambar powder- 5 tsp
- Rice powder- 5 tsp
- Tamarind- Small marble sized
- Salt- 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Cooking oil- Enough to shallow fry
Instructions
Preparation
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Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup of water for about 15 minutes and extract thick tamarind juice discarding the residue.
Method
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Peel off the elephant yam and chop it in to thin slices of medium size. Take the slices in a vessel and add water to the immersing level. Add 1/2 tsp of salt and cook it halfway. Meaning the elephant yam slices shouldn’t be cooked till soft.
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When the slices are getting cooked, take rice powder, sambar powder, salt and turmeric in bowl. Give a quick mix.
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Next include tamarind juice and mix like a paste. It should be of dosa batter consistency neither too thin nor too thick.
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Heat a griddle smearing some oil, then dip the cooked elephant yam slice in the spice paste and shallow fry over griddle. Roast a batch of slices over medium flame and turn over to cook the other side too. Remove from griddle once done.
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Repeat this process till you finish all the elephant yam slices. Elephant yam fry is ready to serve as side with rice-rasam combo.
Notes
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The elephant yam slices should be neither too thick nor too thin. If thin, the slices will break easily. On the other hand if thick, it gets under-cooked.
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When you cook the slices in water, ensure it’s only half cooked. Because these slices would have to be cooked once again over griddle with spice coating.
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You can even taste the spice paste and adjust accordingly before initiating the shallow fry.
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