Yam Pachadi

Yam Pachadi - Sobha P Shenoi 

Ingredients

Yam- chopped- 2 cup
Coconut- 1/2 cup
yogurt- 1 cup
Green chilly- 3
Ginger- 1 inch thick
Jaggery- 1 tsp
Tamarind a small ball
oil
Shallot -1
mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Red chilly-3
Curry leaves-
Salt to tast


Chop the yam into small cubes. Cook this along with slitted green chilly, tamarind juice and salt.
Make a fine paste of coconut, ginger, a pinch of mustard seeds. When the yam cooks add this paste and mix well. Simmer for a minute and add yogurt and heat it for a few seconds in low flames. Add jaggery powder and set aside.
In a separate pan heat oil and allow mustard seeds to crackle.Fry chopped shallots, red chillies and curry leaves and add to the pachadi. This can be served with rice.
Note: The quicker version of this recipe ( as per the cookery show) is to grind into a coarse paste, coconut, yam, green chilly, ginger and tamarind. Mix in the yogurt and set aside. Finally heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it crackles add sliced shallots, dry red chilly, curry leaves and fry. Pour this over the pachadi and mix well.