Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, homely to the core, chena asthram (elephant foot yam in coconut base). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Homely to the core, chena asthram (elephant foot yam in coconut base) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Homely to the core, chena asthram (elephant foot yam in coconut base) is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have homely to the core, chena asthram (elephant foot yam in coconut base) using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Homely to the core, chena asthram (elephant foot yam in coconut base):
- Make ready 2 handfuls Elephant foot yam -skin removed and cut into big pieces
- Take to taste salt
- Take 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Get 1 - 2 Nos green chilli
- Prepare as required water
- Make ready For the paste
- Make ready 2 - 3 tablespoons coconut grated
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Make ready 7 - 8 nos shallots
- Prepare 5 - 6 cloves garlic
- Get For the seasoning
- Prepare 2 -3 teaspoons coconut oil
- Get 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Get sprig curry leaves
- Make ready 2 Nos shallots , chopped
- Make ready 2 - 3 pinchs red chilli powder
Heat coconut oil in a wide pan. When its hot, add the sliced shallots, few curry leaves and saute until it turns to translucent and brown in color. Add the ground coconut mixture to the cooked yams. Elephant Yam - Amorphophallus campanulatus is an Ayurvedic herb, mentioned for the treatment of piles, amenorrhea, indigestion, anorexia, joint pain and elephantiasis.
Instructions to make Homely to the core, chena asthram (elephant foot yam in coconut base):
- Get your hero ingredient ready -Remove the skin of the yam with a peeler or a knife and cut it into big pieces (shape does not matter now). After you're done, clean them in water. Tip :Uncooked yam gets itchy when in contact with water. But you gotta clean it really well. So, the best way is to run it under water in a sieved vessel. If you don't have this, clean it in a container, changing water a few times. Use a spatula to rinse, so that your hands don't itch at all.
- Pressure cook the yam pieces in water with salt, turmeric and slit green chilis for about 4-5 whistles. The cooking time may slightly vary depending on the yam, but it needs to cook really well. Tip : Worry about under cooking, not over cooking because you're gonna mash it anyway.Add water, just enough to cover it-you don't want it to be runny, it should be a thick gravy.
- Now, make the coconut paste- grind the grated coconut along with cumin seeds, shallots, garlic and a little salt. Add in some water and grind it well-to a chutney-paste consistency.
- Once it is cooled down, open the pressure cooker and mash the yam pieces well. Add the coconut paste, mix and keep on sim. You can put off the flame just before it starts to boil.
- Now for the last touch, heat the coconut oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add in curry leaves, chopped shallots with a dash of red chilli powder-get them all charred.Pour this seasoning into the yam gravy, mix and serve hot. Goes best with kanji. You can dilute this with some water and use it as a curry for rice too.
- The accompaniment details : Rice porridge /gruel (Kanji) - well pressure cooked kerala rice (matta) with lots of water and slightly salted. Morumvellam (a curd based drink) -Kaachi moru curry without coconut (google it, you'll get so many recipes) diluted with water and salted to taste….
Add the ground coconut mixture to the cooked yams. Elephant Yam - Amorphophallus campanulatus is an Ayurvedic herb, mentioned for the treatment of piles, amenorrhea, indigestion, anorexia, joint pain and elephantiasis. Latin name - Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Family. Chena Thoran Recipe - Yam Coconut Stir Fry Recipe. The tomato-based gravy is perked up with a special masala paste that features poppy seeds and melon seeds.
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