Elephant Yam Recipe

Written by Medindia Content Team | Reviewed by Medindia Complementary Medicine Team on Jul 18, 2019

Indications

It is said to be best among the tubers
It balances all the 3 doshas
It cures Kapha and Vata Diseases
Cures bleeding piles
Cures loss of appetite

Sanskrit name: Soorana
Botanical name: Amorphophallus Campanulatus
English name: Elephant Yam
Tamil name: Pidikarunai kizhangu

Preparation

Ingredients

Elephant yam - 200 gm
Turmeric - 1 pinch
Green chilly - 1
Mustard - 1 tsp
Rock salt - to taste
Sesame oil - 2 spoons
Curry leaves - few

Method

Steam cook the yam and remove the external skin. Crush it and make it like a paste. Add this to a seasoning of mustard, green chilly and turmeric in sesame oil. Add rock salt and mix well. Garnish it with curry leaves.

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