A day late.. well make that two...

Have not been able to write in for the last two days. It does not mean that I was not cooking but the minute my head hit the pillow I was out so could not get the posts in.
Well, better late than never. The meal for day before yesterday was a hot and sweet yam with my daily staple of greens stir fry.

Hot and sweet yam, greens stir fry with chapatis

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Hot and Sweet Yam

500 gms yams boiled and peeled

3 onions chopped

2 tomatoes chopped

3 green chillies

1 dry red chilli

A tsp of whole coriander and cumin seeds

A tsp of turmeric pd

Salt, chilli pd to taste

A lemon sized piece of jaggery

Heat a pan and add a tblspn of oil. Saute the yam pieces till they turn crisp and firm. (they will be mushy from the precooking!  I steam them in the pressure cooker for 1 whistle. You could just boil them in a pot of water). Heat a pan and add the cumin seeds. After they have spluttered add the whole coriander seeds and dry red chilli and onion and fry till the onion turns brown then add the tomatoes and green chillies and fry till the tomatoes are cooked. Cool and grind to a fine paste. Put this mixture back in to the pan and add the spice powders and salt and cook for a minute. Now add about 1/4 cup water and the jaggery and cook till the jaggery melts and is mixed well. Add the yams and cover and cook for another minute. Serve hot.

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