August 27, 2009

Arbi / Chepankazhangu (Colocasia) Fry



You need -
A bowl full of Colocasia / Arbi/ Chepankazhangu
Some chilli masala, garam masala, rasam powder, turmeric and salt
5-6 spoons of oil

What you have to do -
- Steam the unpeeled arbi in a pressure cooker until the whistle goes off 4 times
- Take it out after the cooker cools and and peel the arbi
- Chop it up into similar sized pieces and add the masala powders
- Shallow fry the arbi in a pan until it turns dark-brown and crisp

Serve with rasam, rice and papad!

3 comments:

amna said...

I make this so often babes! Adding some rawa to the masala will make the pieces crisp and a bit crunchy. Try that next time if you haven't!

Nandini Vishwanath said...

Yay! Arbi is a fave :) The dal pic rocks btw.

Darshini Santhanam said...

Nags - will try it out ;) Don't make it very often though - it's not very healthy or so I've been told :|

Nandu - thank you :D