Elephant Yam - Peas curry

I found elephant yam in the grocery store, immediately bought one :). Its one of my favorite vegetable. I still remember the days having yummy yam fry, one of my mom's exclusive preparation. But my family is not very fond of having fry.So,I thought of trying this unique combination for chappathi. It turned out really well and tastes really good with chappathi. Yam generally have wonderful taste when cooked. 

Yam Peas Curry

Serves- 4

Preparation time - 30 minutes 

Ingredients: 

Elephant Yam - 1 small 

Peas - 1/3 cup (frozen)

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Garlic - 2 cloves

Onion - 1 medium 

Tomato- 11/2 medium 

Cumin seeds- 1 tsp

Red Chili powder- 1/2 tbsp

Coriander powder - 2 tbsp 

Turmeric - 1 tsp 

Paprika - 1 tsp 

PavBhaji/Garam/Kitchen king masala - 1/2 tbsp 

Oil - 2 tbsp

Salt - as per taste 

Coriander leaves - little (chopped finely)

Method :

Yam Peas curry

 Chop the onions, tomatoes finely and yam into squares. Grate the ginger + garlic finely. 

In a pan heat oil and add one cumin seed. When it starts spluttering, then add the remaining. Fry the ginger + garlic for 1 minute and add the onion. Add little salt so that onion doesn't get soggy.

Add the tomatoes, fry till it get soft. Now add the turmeric+ paprika+red chili + coriander powder and fry till the oil separates on medium low. Mix the yam + peas + salt + masala and 2 cups of water cover it with lid.

It will get cooked in 10 minutes, but keep stirring in-between. After that open cook the pan until the water evaporates.

Switch off the stove and mash this little using potato masher. Finally add coriander leaves. Serve with roti or rice. 

Thanks for reading :)

VP