Upwas chi Suran chi Bhaji Recipe

"Upwas special Suran Chi Bhaji made with yogurt, kokum, roasted peanut powder, coconut, and jaggery.

5 from 14 votes

Delicious fasting-friendly Suran curry with kokum, crushed roasted peanuts, shredded coconut, and a touch of jaggery and curds.

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Easy Dinner Recipes, Fasting foods, gluten free food, Packed Lunch, Yam Recipes

Servings: servings

Calories: 0.337kcal

Author: ArchanaPotdar

Equipment

1 Knife and board
1 Wok /kadhai
1 Spoons
1 Mixer jar for peanut powder
2 Bowls

Ingredients

200 grams suran elephant foot , or yam
1 tablespoon Ghee or clarified butter
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 green chillies slit
1 cup water
1 teaspoon kokum agal
2 tablespoon roasted peanut powder
2 tablespoon coconut grated
2 tablespoon jaggery
Salt
coriander leaves finely chopped

Instructions

Prepping:

Oil your hands peel the elephant’s foot and cube it. Rinse under running water and set aside. Apply something sour to your hands so that they do not itch. In my kitchen that is kokum or tamarind.
Cut the chillies, roast the peanuts and make powder. Grate your coconut. In case you have Kokum agal use it. Otherwise, soak a small lemon-sized ball of tamarind or 5-6 kokum petals in 2-3 tablespoons of water. Beat the yogurt till there are no lumps.

Cooking the Suran:

In a wok make a tempering with clarified butter and splutter cumin seeds, add green chillies. Be careful the chillies splutter.
Next, add the chopped suran and saute for 2-3 minutes. Add the kokum agal, and ½ cup water and mix and let it cook till tender. Use more water if needed.
Once cooked add salt, jaggery, peanut powder and coconut. Mix. Cook covered for about 2-3 minutes.
Check and adjust the seasonings. Switch off the flame.
Add the beaten yogurt and mix immediately. This will prevent the yogurt from splitting.
Cover and set aside for 10-15 minutes. Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves. Pairs well with Bhagar, Sabudana Khichidi even roti.

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Notes

Substitutions:

Clarified butter-ghee is what we use as fat while fasting. If you want a vegan version avoid ghee and use oil, sunflower oil is fine.

Elephant’s foot- in place of suran you can use green bananas or unripe bananas, potato or sweet potato.

Kokum - you need a sour agent anything like tamarind or lemon is fine. I am not for vinegar but if you are okay with it please go ahead.

Variations:

Green Chillies- while fasting in Maharashtra red chillies are not used. On other days you can use them.

Mustard and asafoetida- on non-fasting days use mustard and asafoetida. You can also use garlic paste while sauting to make the vegetable.

Saute ginger and garlic, you can use onion and diced suran to make a delicious curry that pairs well with rotis.

In Goa we have on the days when we go veg or” Shivrak” as it is called we have a shallow fried side dish called fodi or kappa. You can try it with suran only soak it in kokum water for 10-15 minutes.

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