Chena Mezhukuparrati Recipe ( Eggplant Foot Yam Stir Fry)

Name: Chena Mezhukuparrati Recipe ( Eggplant Foot Yam Stir Fry)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup Elephant Yam (2 cups Elephant yam (Suran/Senai/Ratalu) cubed); 2 cup Water (2-1/2 cups Water — up to 0.5); 8 pieces Garlic (8 Garlic cloves); 1 piece Yellow Onion (1 Onion finely chopped); ½ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 1 tsp Red Chili Powder (1-1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder — up to 0.5); ½ tsp Black Pepper (1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder); ½ tsp Ground fennel (1/2 teaspoon Fennel Powder); 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil (1 tablespoon Oil); 1 tsp Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)); 6 pieces Curry leaves (6 Curry leaves)

Chena Mezhukuparrati Recipe ( Eggplant Foot Yam Stir Fry) - Poriyal Recipes (South Indian Sabzi) (Indian)

50 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin with the Chena Mezhukuparrati Recipe ( Eggplant Foot Yam Stir Fry) first, in a medium sized pot, add water and salt; Bring it to a boil.
2Add the chopped Elephant foot yam in the boiling water and cook them until they are half cooked. Do not cook the yam pieces completely.
3Drain the excess water from the cooked yam pieces and set them aside on a paper towel; allow them to dry until we prepare the other spicy mixture.
4In a nonstick Kadai, add oil and heat on a medium flame.
5Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds followed by curry leaves. Let the seeds splutter.
6While keeping the Kadai in medium flame, add garlic, onion and let them fry.
7Now add turmeric powder, red chili powder, fennel powder, and pepper powder. Give them a stir so that they blended together. Do not burn the spices.
8Add the cooked yam pieces to the spicy mixture in the Kadai.
9Cook yam with the lid covered. If it sticks at the bottom of the pan, add 2- 3 tablespoons of hot water.
10Once the yam pieces are completely cooked and the raw smell of spice powders goes off, switch off the flame.
11Serve the Chena Mezhukuparrati Recipe ( Eggplant Foot Yam Stir Fry) as a side for white rice . To make it more authentic, use coconut oil for the recipe.