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Yam Kola Urundai / Senaikkizhangu Kola Urundai / Spicy Yam Balls

Mar-15-2016
Poornima Porchelvan
20 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
6 People
Serves
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ABOUT Yam Kola Urundai / Senaikkizhangu Kola Urundai / Spicy Yam Balls RECIPE

Try this delicious & spicy Yam Kola Urundai from Chettinad cuisine. You can serve this as a starter or accompaniment to rice.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Everyday
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Frying
  • Appetizers

Ingredients Serving: 6

  1. Yam 250 gm
  2. Tamarind juice / extract - 1 or 2 tsp
  3. Small onion / big onions- 6 nos / 1 medium sized
  4. Red chilli powder - 1/2 to 1 tsp
  5. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
  6. Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
  7. Corriander leaves - 1 or 2 tbsp (chopped)
  8. Oil - for deep frying
  9. For grinding: Grated coconut 1/2 cup
  10. Garlic- 5 pods
  11. Ginger- 1 "piece
  12. Fennel seeds- 1 tsp
  13. Roasted channa dhal (pottukkadalai) - 3 tbsp
  14. Curry leaves- 1 sprig
  15. Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Peel the outer skin and cut it into thick pieces. Boil water along with salt and a tsp of tamarind extract. Add the yam pieces and allow it to cook.
  2. Add all the ingredients given under 'For grinding' along with grated yam and grind till it all blends well.
  3. Transfer the ground mixture into a bowl and add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, curry leaves, coriander leaves and finely chopped onions. Mix well and make lemon sized balls out of it.
  4. Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying. Drop 5 to 6 balls at a time and deep fry them on a medium flame till it reaches golden brown in colour.
  5. Serve hot as a starter or accompaniment to rice.

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Sukhmani Bedi
Apr-30-2016
Sukhmani Bedi   Apr-30-2016

Shambhavi Gupta
Mar-16-2016
Shambhavi Gupta   Mar-16-2016

spicy yam sounds good, would like to give it a try!

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