Senai kizhangu poriyal Recipe| Foot Yam fry recipe

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Soaking time : 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Total times: 25 minutes

Serving: 4

Course: Side dish

Cuisine: south Indian recipe

Ingredients:

250 gram Senai kizhangu (foot yam)

1 onion, Chopped

1 tblsp chilly powder

½ tblsp sambar powder

½ lemon size tamarind

Salt to taste

To Tempering:

1 Tsp Mustard seeds

1 Sprig Curry leaves

2 tblsp Oil

Preparation:

1.       In a pot add tamarind, soak it in hot water for 10 minutes.Extract the pulp and keep aside

2.      Clean the senai kizhangu and wash the kizhangu 4 to 5 times and chop them into lengthy wise pieces and keep aside

Method:

1.      In a pressure cooker add senai kizhanu and tamarind extract along with salt, cover the lid for 1 whistle. Once the pressure cooker settle down open the cooker and drain the water completely and keep aside. Make sure don’t overcook the senai kizhanu

2.     Heat a pan. Add 2 tblsp oil

3.     Add Mustard seeds. When mustard seeds crackle, add Curry leaves and Onion. Sauté it till onion turns transparent

4.     Add Chilly powder and sambar powder. Mix well

5.     Add Cooked senai kizhangu and mix well. Close the lid and let it cook for a minutes on low heat till the raw smell of masala out.

6.     Serve senai kizhangu poriyal with rice and curd or sambar

Step by Step Pictorial Instructions:

Chopped Senai kizhangu

 In a pressure cooker add tamarind pulp 

Add senai kizhanu along with salt

  cover the lid for 1 whistle

Once the pressure cooker settle down open the cooker and drain the water completely and keep aside

Heat a pan. Add 2 tblsp oil and Mustard seeds

When mustard seeds crackle, add Curry leaves 

Add Onion

Saute it till turns transparent

Add Chilly powder, Coriander powder

Mix well

Add Cooked senai kizhangu and mix well

Close the lid and let it cook for a minutes

Senai kizhangu poriyal ready. serve with rice and sambar or curd

My notes:

1.       Make sure don’t overcook the senai kizhangu while you cook with pressure cooker

2.      Before cut the senai kizhangu you can apply oil in your hand. It will be reduce the itching in your hand