Yam/ cheenai kilangu/ jaminkhand curry

Cut & ready to be cooked.

 cooked yam, ready to eat !

This is how yam looks.

Ingredients

Yam ½ kg         salt       turmeric pdr ½ tsp           oil 4 tsp       mustard seeds 1 tsp         chili pdr 1 tsp        hing/ asafetida a little

Method

1)      peel, wash & cut yam into small pieces, immerse in water.

2)      Add turmeric pdr, salt & boil yam till tender

3)      Drain the vegetable once cooked soft, but not over cooked

4)      Heat a thick kadai,  with oil, add mustard seeds, once it crackles, add hing, chili pdr, add cooked yam stir well.

5)      Lower the flame, let yam cook till crisp, for that you may need more oil.

6)      Check for salt, as when we cook & drain vegetables, we need to add some more salt later.

Yam is a good source of calcium. It goes well with sambar, rasam, vathak kulambu etc.