Dumvale Suran(Elephant's foot yam veg preparation cooked by Dum method)
Author: Smita Singh
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4
- 375 grams Elephant's foot yam (Suran or jimikand)
- 50 grams onions sliced lengthwise
- 1 tsp black peppercorn
- 12 cloves
- 2 inch cinnamon sticks
- 2 big cardamom
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1.5 inches diameter tamarind ball
- 85 grams clarified butter (desi ghee)
- Salt
- Ground whole spices (peppercorns, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon) using mortar and pestle
- Heat clarified butter in a large vessel.Fry onions until they become brown.
- Meanwhile soak tamarind ball in half cup of hot water. We will extract pulp when water cools down.
- In about 6 mins onions become light brown.
- Add turmeric powder, suran and salt as per taste. Cook on low flame for 3-4 mins.
- After 4 mins of cooking, add 1 cup of water.
- Mix it well. Now cover with a lid and cook until Suran (yam) is 50 percent done.
- After 8 mins of covered cooking, remove the lid.
- Add tamarind pulp and mix it well. Cook uncovered until suran is completely cooked.
- Dumvale Suran must have thicker consistency. We can cook on medium flame and keep stirring so that water evaporates and dish attains thickness.
- After 4 mins of cooking, suran(yam) gets cooked and attains thick consistency.
- Now add grounded spices and stir them well for a min.
- After a min of stirring, turn off the flame.
- For Dum method of cooking,heat an iron griddle on high flame.
- We will knead a soft and sticky dough which will be used to seal the vessel in which suran has been cooked.
- Roll the dough into thin strips and apply them on the inner edges of the lid.
- When griddle becomes hot, lower the flame and put the vessel back on griddle.
- Seal the vessel by placing the lid (dough applied) on top of it.
- Place another heavy vessel (or some other weight) on top of the lid.
- Suran is cooked using Dum method for 7 mins.
- After 7 mins of dum, turn off the flame and let the dish stand for few mins.
- Now unseal the dish carefully.
- Aroma of cooking Suran with ghee with dum method is tempting. You can even unseal the dish on dining table.
- Dish is ready to be served.Dumvale Suran can be enjoyed with Plain Paranthas and pooris
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/dumvale-suran/
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