Recipe Description

Toovar dana and purple yam stir fried with masalas.

Ingredients:- 

• Toovar dana, boiled in salt and turmeric water – 1 cup
• Purple yam, cut into 1 inch cubes and boiled in turmeric water – 250 grams
• Green garlic roughly chopped – 1/2 cup
• Green chillies – 2-3 no
• Ginger, sliced – 1 inch
• Mint leaves – 15-18 no
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Carom seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Dried mango powder (amchur) – 1 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Juice of – 1/2 lemon
• For garnishing –
• A coriander sprig
• Few thin long strips of red bell pepper

 

Method:-

1. Grind together green garlic, green chillies, ginger, mint leaves using water as required.
2. Heat oil in a non stick pan. Add carom seeds, ground mixture and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
3. Add tuvar dane, purple yam, turmeric powder, coriander powder, dried mango powder, garam masala powder, salt and 1 1/2 cups water and cook for 3 – 4 minutes.
4. Mix lemon juice and cook till the gravy thickens.
5. Transfer into serving bowl, garnish with a fresh coriander sprig and thin strips of red bell pepper and serve hot.