KarunaiKizhangu(Yam) Pakoda

By S.Priya, on August 22nd, 2008 2:53 am

Description

Karunaikizhangu(Yam) a verstaile vegetable, can prepare them any sort of dishes…Yam r highly rich in vitamin c, Vitamin B, potassium..This pakodas goes well as side dish for any choice of rice…they will be spicy, crispy n tasty..Can prepare them easily within few minutes..here we go…

Ingredients
250 g	Karunaikizhangu(yam)
¼ cup	Gram flour
2 T	Corn flour
1 T	Rice flour
¼ tsp	Tumeric powder
1 tsp	Fennel seed
5 nos	Garlic pods
1 tsp	Red chilli powder
	Salt as per need
	Oil for deepfrying

Instructions

Peel the skin n cut the yam into small cubes r any shapes as u desired, can use very well the frozen yam pieces for this recipe too…heat enough water in a pan, add the yam cubes n turmeric powder n cook them until the yam pieces gets cooked slightly, if u insert a toothpick, they should insert immediately…drain the water..keep aside the cooked yam pieces.. grind bit coarsely the fennel seed, garlic pods together…add the grounded paste, red chilli powder, gram flour, corn flour n rice flour with enough water to the yam pieces as well as salt n mix everything with fingers until the yam pieces a fully covered with the flour mixture..shouldnt be watery…

Heat Oil in a pan…once the oil is hot, fry the yam pieces in small batches, drain the excess of oil in a tissue paper n serve hot…