Karanai Roast - Elephant Foot Yam Roast

Karanai Roast:

This dish is a favorite menu from South Indian Cuisine. The crispy karanai roast creates watery mouth when it combines with sambar rice, rasam rice, other variety rice like lemon rice, coconut rice, mango rice, carrot rice, tamarind rice etc.

What to add:

·         Karanai                                    - 250 g

·         Oil                                            - 6 tbsp

·         Turmeric pwd                          - ¼ tsp

·         Red chilly pwd                         - 2 tbsp

·         Pepper pwd                             - ½ tbsp

·         Tamarind paste                       - 1 tbsp

·         Fresh Lemon juice                  - 2 tbsp

·         Salt to taste     -

How to Prepare:

1. Clean Karanai and cut it to desired thin pieces.


2. Pressure cook for 1 whistle and allow to cool.


3. Take a bowl and add turmeric powder, red chilly pwd, pepper pwd, salt, tamarind paste and lemon juice.


4. Mix all the above to thick paste by adding little water.


5. Dip the karanai pieces in this masala paste.


6. Heat oil in a fry pan, roast karanai to golden brown, in medium flame.


7. After few mins, turn it to the other side and roast, by drizzling oil to the sides.


8. As the karanai turns crispy, take it from pan.

9. Delicious Karanai Roast ready to taste.