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Sanaikizhangu/ Elephant foot yam or Suran is a root vegetable that has an earthy taste. Mostly the frozen kind of it is found in the U.S....

Sanaikizhangu Masiyal/ Mushed Yam(Igname)

Sanaikizhangu/ Elephant foot yam or Suran is a root vegetable that has an earthy taste. Mostly the frozen kind of it is found in the U.S. Sanaikizhangu is used to prepare curry/poriyal, masiyal, chips or in kozhambu. In whatever form they come they are very tasty. With the frozen suran, I made some masiyal for dinner. Masiyal is a mushed version of the cooked vegetable with is like a gaucamole of suran.



Gadgets:

Saucepan
Spatula
Cutting Board
Knife
Potato smasher
Wok

Ingredients:

Suran - 2 cups cubes (fresh or frozen)
Tamarind - small amount
Lemon/Lime juice - 1/2 of the lime/lemon
Green Chilli - 1
Salt
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Udad dhal- 1 tsp
Water - 1/2 cup9
Ginger - 1 inch grated
Oil - 1 tbsp
Coconut - 1 tbsp (optional)
Curry leaves - a few


Preparation:

1. In a saucepan add the sanaikazhangu, water, salt,tamarind, coconut(optional),green chilies and ginger and cook for 5 minutes or until the suran is fully cooked. Can use a pressure cooker or Ipot to do that same.

 2. Using a smasher mush the veggie.

3. Heat 1 tbsp of oil add asafoetida, mustard seeds(wait for it to pop), udad dhal, green chillies and curry leaves. When the udad dhal turns golden brown add it to the masiyal and squeeze the lime/lemon juice and mix well.

4.Serve it hot with rice, sambar or rasam.

8 comments:

  1. Oh my favorite! Where did you buy senaikizhangu? I don't see it here.

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  2. thats new to me.. luckily i have brought yams from the grocery last week.... i didnt know what to do with them :) will try it

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  3. Good one! That is what my mother made many-a-sundays.
    Thanks.

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  4. One of my favorite. I use tamarind though...will try with lime juice.

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  5. My aunt used to make it for me all the time.... She used to add a lil sugar to give it a tinge of sweetness. I just love it!!! Your pic looks gr8 as well...

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  6. Sri, I have tagged you for a meme on my blog, hope you have fun doing it.

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  7. This sounds great. I love the mixture of ingredients. Yum!

    ps Your entry is up on the No Croutons Required September roundup, along with the voting poll.

    Good Luck
    :)

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  8. Srimathi:
    Thank you for sharing!

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