Ingredients

• 1/2 kg- elephant yam skinned and diced
• 1 -large onion
• 1 inch- ginger
• 3-4 pods -garlic
• green chillies according to taste
• 1 tsp - dhania
• 1 tsp -jeera powder
• 1/2 tsp -red chilli
• 1 tsp - turmeric powder
• little garam masala powder to sprinkle
• 1 tbsp- tamarind paste
• salt

How to Make Elephant Yam Sabzi

• Wash the yam and cook it with enough water, adding tamarind paste and salt.
• Be careful not to over cook it. It should be just about 3/4th cooked. Drain (reserve tamarind water) and set aside.
• Grind together ginger and garlic.
• Make a paste of green chillies and half onion -separately.
• In a heavy bottomed pan fry 1/2 of the sliced onion in a little oil till golden brown.
• Add ginger -garlic paste and fry till oil leaves the sides.
• Now add onion paste and cook for some more time stirring constantly.
• Put dhania and jeera powder and stir fry.
• When done add the yam into the mixture and stir fry making sure not to break the pieces.
• After about 3 minutes add tamarind water in which the yam was cooked.
• Adjust the salt according to your taste.
• Add chilli and turmeric powder now, cover and let it cook till all the water evaporates.
• Sprinkle the garam masala powder and stir lightly.
• Serve hot with phulkas or with plain rice.