Name: Golden yam cubes with spinach
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 675 g/1½ lb yam; 5 ml/1 tsp ground turmeric; 150 g/5 oz fresh tomato, finely chopped; 250 g/9 oz spinach, finely chopped; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cumin; 2 fresh green chillies, chopped (deseeded if preferred); 5 ml/1 tsp garlic purée; 60 ml/4 tbsp mustard oil; 5 ml/1 tsp ginger purée; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Very popular in Assam and the rest of north-east India, this appetizing dish, Kath Alu Paleng Sakor Torkari, is easy to prepare and extremely nutritious. The yam is cut into small cubes and browned in perfumed, spicy mustard oil. The spinach is then added in quickly, and the yam cooks in the spinach juice.

Ingredients

675 g/1½ lb yam
5 ml/1 tsp</

Method

Peel the yam and cut it into 1cm/½ in cubes. Soak in cold water for 30 minutes, drain and dry with a cloth. Sprinkle in half the turmeric and half the salt and mix well.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry the yam cubes in two or three batches, for about 5 minutes, until they are golden brown. Remove the fried yam cubes with

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