

Uttar Pradesh
Suran Chutney
- Duration:
- Serves: people
Trivia Tadka
Ingredients
- Yam (suran) (250 grams)
- Lemon (nimbu) juice, freshly extracted (2 tbsp)
- Ginger (adrak), peeled and grated (1" piece)
- Green chillies (hari mirch), finely chopped (3)
- MTR Lal Mirch/Red Chilli Powder (1 tsp)
- Mustard (sarson) powder (1/2 tsp)
- Carom seeds (ajwain) ( 1/2 tsp)
- Asafoetida (hing) powder (pinch)
- Mustard (sarson) oil ( 2 tbsp)
- Salt ( to taste)
For garnishing
- Onions and cilantro ( finely chopped)
Method
- Peel and chop the yam into cubes. Add MTR Haldi/Turmeric Powder and pressure cook it over medium heat with half a cup water up for four whistles and switch off.
- Drain the excess water and mash the yam using a potato masher or back of a heavy ladle.
- Heat a small pan with mustard oil over low flame and when it reaches the smoking point, switch off the heat.
- Immediately add the carom seeds, mustard seeds, MTR Lal Mirch/Red Chilli Powder, chopped green chillies, ginger and asafoetida and mix well.
- Pour this spiced oil into the mashed yam mixture. Add salt and lemon juice, mix again.
- Refrigerate the chutney for 2–3 days before use.
- You can garnish it with freshly chopped onions and cilantro just before serving.
- Your delicious suran chutney is ready to be served along with some hot dal pithas, dal poori and dal kachori.