Thursday, March 6, 2014

Senai Kizhangu Thogayal/Elephant Yam Chutney/Karunai Kizhangu Thuvaiyal

If you are searching for a different, an easy breezy and a vegan chutney, just you need to go through this post. This thogayal aka chutney goes for the most itching and most hated vegetable Elephant yam. I have seen people who never touched this vegetable in their life as they dont like peeling or cooking with this yam. But trust me, this thogayal will change their opinion about this vegetable, this dish goes for simple cooking and the tamarind used in this dish makes this dish more delicious and tangy. A prefect side to enjoy with any dish, eventhough i enjoyed thoroughly this thogayal with curd rice.

Today is the first thursday of the month, myself and a bunch of the members of the Vegan Thursdays, an vegan event running twice a month,are supposed to share a vegan recipe today in their respective blogs thus am posting this fingerlicking thogayal today. If conserved properly,this thogayal or thuvaiyal stays prefect in fridge for more than a week.This thogayal is our family favourite now. Just make some and enjoy this mildly tangy thogayal.



1cup Elephant yam/senai kizhangu (peeled and chopped)
1tbsp Urad dal
2nos Dry red chillies
1no Tamarind (blueberry size)
1/2tsp Mustard seeds
Oil
Salt
Few curry leaves

Heat oil, add the chopped elephant yam pieces and fry them in simmer until they get cooked.

Remove it from the pan, in tha same pan add the urad dal, dry red chillies and curry leaves, fry until the dal and chillies turns brown.

Now take the cooked elephant yam pieces, dal,chillies and curry leaves in a mixie.

Add the tamarind and grind everything as bit coarse paste with salt.

If you need water to grind, just sprinkle water.

Meanwhile heat enough oil, let splutter the mustard seeds.

Add the grounded paste and cook for few minutes.

Serve hot with rice.

24 comments:

Rafeeda AR said... Reply To This Comment

I love yam apart from the itchiness... yes! this looks really delicious...

prethika said... Reply To This Comment

eggplant chutney looks inviting....fingerlicking chutney ofcourse

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

semma different tasty chutney akka...wow

Priya Satheesh said... Reply To This Comment

Very healthy and tasty chutney.

chitramohan said... Reply To This Comment

yummy dish

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious thogayal,akka and the platter makes me hungry

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I love yamm a lot and thogayal looks very inviting dear :) perfect for curd rice as you said :)

Saraswathi Ganeshan said... Reply To This Comment

Scrumptious thogayal!! Love to have with plain rice..

Magees kitchenworld said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds yummy and very new to me...

Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

healthy thuvaiyal!!!

Hema said... Reply To This Comment

Very different dish Priya, never tried thogayal with senai kizhangu before, but I think it shud taste somewhat like the masiyal we do right..

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

This is a totally new one to me... Super akka

Lifewithspices said... Reply To This Comment

tat looks yumm

Malathi Ganesh said... Reply To This Comment

New recipe to be tried, you can visit my blog if time permits

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

You always come up with such creative dishes priya, never thought yam could also be used this way,looks delicious for sure..

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

Wow...only you can come up with such innovative recipes Priya! This thogayal sounds yummy..mustvhave tasted great with rice/curd rice :)

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

This would be great with the chickpea patties I just made, Priya.

Sanoli Ghosh said... Reply To This Comment

Very different, seems a luscious chutney.

Anusha said... Reply To This Comment

I have made masiyal and even kofta with this but not thugayal. I m sure it would taste divine with hot rice and ghee

Priya said... Reply To This Comment

I guess you would have got it from india right ?Or is it available in your place?.I love masiyal,this is a shorter version to enjoy the yam ..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Very tasty chutney.. looks colorful & spicy.

Priya Anandakumar said... Reply To This Comment

Love it akka, the thogayal is so delicious and awesome...

Mullai Madavan said... Reply To This Comment

Good one Priya, thayir sadam and thuvayal super combination. I got to try this next time when I get elephant yam.

FewMinute Wonders said... Reply To This Comment

I love karuna kizhangu. I have not it in ages. Wish we can get them in the U.S. The thogayal is awesome to enjoy.