Karunaikizhangu Fry - Elephant Yam fry

Karunaikizhangu fry is also simple and loved vegetarian side dish. For non-vegetarians this looks like a tuna fish fry and comes handy on the veg only day. It goes well with all of the main dishes sambar, kuruma, kuzhambu or rasam.

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Ingredients

Karunai kizhangu - 2 nos
Sambar powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Fennel powder - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaf - 5 leaves
Asafotida powder - a pinch
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 1/2 cup

Preparation Method

Wash karunai kizhangu and peel the skin off. Cut them into four parts and dice each quater into thin slice approx 0.5cm.

Add sambar powder, chilli powder, fennel powder, chopped curry leaf, asafotida powder and salt to the sliced karunai kizhangu. Let it marinate for 10 min.

Now Heat half of the oil in a dosai kal if not a pan with wide base. Reduce the heat to low and spread out the karunai kizhangu pieces evenly on the pan, see to that each and every piece is placed properly without touching each other. Fry them in batches and add oil accrodingly for every batch. Let it fry for 4 min, then turn sides and fry for 2 min. Remove from pan. Add the next batch.

Other names: Karunaikizhangu varuval, Karunaikizhangu fry, Karunai kizhangu, Elephant Yam fry.

KarunaiKizhangu is Elephant Yam in Tamil language.