Ingredients:
2 cups elephant yam / chena, peeled and cubed
1/2 cup grated coconut
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2-1 tsp chilly powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2-1 tsp tamarind pulp / small piece tamarind
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tsp oil
salt to taste
Preparation:
- Peel and chop yam into small cubes.
- In a pan, add chopped yam and cook it with grated coconut, 2 crushed garlic, chilly powder, turmeric powder, tamarind pulp and salt adding little water.
- Heat oil in a small pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add 1 crushed garlic and curry leaves and fry. Add this to the cooked yam and mix well. Serve as a side dish for rice….
- You can also pressure cook yam together with other ingredients adding little water for 1 whistle…Don’t overcook the yam..Then do the seasoning….
