Giant Arum (Senai kizhangu) Fry

A fry with Elephant foot or white giant arum  [Suran in Hindi, Senai kizhangu in Tamil, Kanda in Telugu, Suvarna gedde in Kannada]

Ingredients

Elephant foot - 250 grams

Onions - 2 medium sized

Garlic - 8 pieces

Turmeric - a pinch

Chilly powder - 1 tea spoon

Coriander powder - 1/2 tea spoon.

curry leaves and coriander leaves - some

Salt to taste.

1. Cut the giant arum into slices. Medium sized not too thin.

2.Wash it and boil them in a vessel along with a pinch of turmeric powder and some salt. When it is 75% done.. remove from the stove and drain them.

Tip: Do not over cook. when you touch the vegetable, it should be hard enough, cooking at this consistency is very important..

3. Cut onions, and crush garlic

4. Heat oil in kadai and add mustard seeds., once mustard pops out, add curry leaves and add garlic and onion. Lower the flame and fry until it turns slight brown color.

Add chilly powder, coriander powder and salt to it.. Remember we have added a some salt to the vegetable already.

Mix and fry for 2 minutes and add the boiled giant arum to it and mix the contents

Close the lid and let it cook for 15-20 minutes in low flame.. Needs to be turned say every 3 minutes so that the vegetable is cooked evenly..

When the vegetable turns brown at the ends and well fried.. remove from the flame and garnish with coriander leaves..

Tip: Frying in low flame for 20 minutes adds real taste to it.