Yam (Chena) and Cherupayar Curry
Yam (Chena) and Cherupayar Curry
Ingredients
Bit size Square pieces Yam (Suran / Chena) – 1 ½ cup
Cherupayar (Moong beans) – ¼ cup
Green chilly – 3
Turmeric powder - 3/4 tsp
Cumin seeds, crushed – 1 tsp
Garlic clove, crushed – 1
Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup
Whole Red chilly – 1
Curry leaves
Salt to taste
Method
1. Wash and cook Moong beans with enough Green chilly, water and salt. When it is half done add Yam.
(Or you can cook separately if you are confused with cooking time required for Yam. And use Green chilly with yam.)
2. Grind coconut with little water, garlic,turmeric and cumin seeds.
3. Once it cooked, add grind coconut mix to cooked yam along with curry leaves.
4. Boil it in medium-low flame for 5 mts.
5. Heat little oil in a pan and splutter Mustard and put 1 red chilly.
6. After 10 sec switch off flame and put ¼ tsp chilly powder in that. Then suddenly pour that over prepared yam curry.
7. Serve hot..
i tried this recipe, Though i dont like yam this is the first time i made a curry with yam.. it was good. it tasted good, but wasnt this yellow as in the picture.