250 grams yam/chena
10 shallots
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 teaspoons Kashmiri chilli powder
1 teaspoon lime juice
salt
coconut oil
Method
- Peel the yam and slice into thin squares.
- Grind the shallots with chili powder, turmeric powder and salt into a fine paste.
- Marinate the yam pieces with this paste and keep aside for half an hour.
- Heat a non-stick pan. Drizzle some coconut oil on the pan and shallow fry the marinated yam pieces on a medium low flame. Turn over at regular intervals and roast until the yam pieces are cooked and gets roasted on both the sides. Drizzle more coconut oil if required.
- Once roasted remove from the pan and sprinkle the lime juice over the yam pieces. Serve hot.
Looks delicious :-) one of my fav veggie
ReplyDeleteThankyou Rekha
ReplyDeleteInteresting recipe and I am certainly taken up with how you used yam and came up with a simple yet attractive and yummy dish. Need to try out soon when I get my hands on yam.
ReplyDeleteYes Nava, yam is a vegetable which is not liked by many but in fact its a veg which can substitute a non veg dish, on those days when you want to go on a vegetarian diet.
ReplyDeleteOh I can only drool sitting here because I get only frozen chena here and that too pre cut.
ReplyDeleteOh! Sad to hear that you get only frozen ones there:(
ReplyDeleteroasted yam looks tempting..love the presentation
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Gayathri
DeleteRoasted Yam looks delicious I love it. I am your new follower.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Swathi. We too are loving your lovely blog.
Deletelooks so wonderful.... what a stunning presentation and amazing clicks... when you get time, drop at my place...
ReplyDeleteThankyou Akila, would love to visit your blog:))
DeleteOh my goodness.. Can't wait to try this.. I'm sure you'll must have enjoyed this dish Priya :-)
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