Elephant yam, a tuber veggie is very nutritious and palatable as it draws the essence of soil. You can find two to three varieties of stirfry/palyas in most of the udupi feasts out of which one will be elephant yam stirfry. Stirfry/palya can be prepared using coconut with mustard seeds masala and/or coconut with cumin seeds masala or as plain. These stirfries form a good accompaniment/side dish with rice/rasam combo. My family loves these palyas and it is one way to make children eat vegetables. Let’s see the recipe.
Elephant Yam Recipes- Elephant Yam Stirfry/Palya Recipe
Ingredients
- Elephant yam- 1/2 kg
- Fresh grated coconut- 4 to 5 tea spoon
- Mustard seeds- 1 tea spoon
- Red chilly- 2 no.s
- Jaggery- A small lemon sized
- Tamarind- Small gooseberry size
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon
- Salt- 1 to 2 tea spoon or as per taste
Seasoning ingredients
- Coconut oil/cooking oil- 2 tea spoon
- Mustard seeds- 1 tea spoon
- Split black gram- 1/2 tea spoon
- Broken red chilly- 1 no.
- Curry leaves- few
Instructions
Preparation
- Peel the elephant yam and chop it in to small cubes.
- Soak tamarind in little water for about 15 minutes and extract it's juice. Discard the residue.
Method
- In a cooking pan/kadai add all the seasoning ingredients oil, mustard seeds, split black gram, red chilly and curry leaves one after the other. When mustard seeds splutter and split black gram turns little brown add the chopped yam cubes. Saute for a while.
- Add jaggery, tamarind juice, turmeric powder, salt and a cup of water. Let it cook with covered lid in low flame till the elephant yam cubes are soft, stirring in between.
- Mean while coarsely grind grated coconut, mustard seeds and red chillies in a mixer. This is the masala for elephant yam stirfry.
- When the elephant yam cubes are well cooked, add the ground masala to the stirfry/palya. Stir for some time so that masala is absorbed by the yam cubes, then switch off the flame.
- Elephant yam stirfry/palya is ready to be served with rice, chapati.
Note:
- Make sure elephant yam/suran is well cooked before adding masala. Because after adding the masala it won't get cooked.
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Hi, If I had to follow the same recipe to make raw banana sukka… should I add mustard while corse grinding as in this recipe.. or jeera..plz reply
Add jeera, jeera goes well with raw banana
Thanks a bunch for all your recipes ..my raw banana sukka turned out very tasty.
Red chilliesannu rubbuva modhalu adhannu huriyabeka?
Mohini, Adannu huriayabekagilla. Haage haaki.