Suran Fry/Elephant Foot Yam Fry
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4
 
Ingredients
  • 250 grams Suran (elephant foot yam).Clean yam and cut it into slices (1/4th inch width).
  • Malvani Masala (for coating)
  • Rice Flour (for coating)
  • 1 small marble sized Tamarind Ball (soaked in 3-4 tbsp. of warm water)
  • Cooking Oil
  • Salt
Instructions
  1. Boil 1-1.5 liter of water in a pan. Add 1 tsp salt and mix. Add yam slices.
  2. Meanwhile we will make a tamarind extract. Squeeze the soaked tamarind.
  3. We will cook Yam slices for 2-3 mins. After few mins turn off the heat. Take out the cooked Yam from the pan.
  4. As Yam slices cool down, put tamarind extract and keep it soaked in tamarind extract for 15 mins.
  5. We will prepare a dry mixture for coating. Put 5 tbsp. rice flour, 3 tbsp. Malvani Masala (You can alter the quantity of Malvani masala as per your taste (spiciness)). Add salt to taste and mix.
  6. Coat Yam slices with this mixture.
  7. Heat 2-3 tbsp. oil in a pan. We will fry coated yam slices in this pan. We will cook on one side for 3-4 mins on low heat.
  8. Flip the slices to cook the underside. When it gets cooked from both sides, take it off the heat. Coat and fry the remaining slices
  9. Suran Fry can be served as a delicious starter
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/suran-fry/