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Home » ACCOMPANIMENTS » Karunai kizhangu gravy for rice | Karunai kizhangu recipe

Karunai kizhangu gravy for rice | Karunai kizhangu recipe

December 11, 2015 by Raks Anand 17 Comments / Jump to Recipe

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Karunai kizhangu gravy to go with rice as accompaniment. An Unbelievably delicious gravy recipe with no itchiness.

Kanunai kizhangu is a healthy vegetable that is ignored by many people just because of its itchy property at times in our tongue while eating. But it is extremely delicious and flavourful when cooked in the south Indian way for lunch. So the key is how to cook karunai kizhangu without itchiness. This also comes in the family of Yam.

How to avoid itching of yam?

  • Firstly, choose old batch or buy and keep for a week or two and then cook.
  • Secondly, cook thoroughly. Any uncooked part will surely cause itchiness.
  • Lastly, balance it well with some tart – Tamarind or lemon juice. So this is an important thing to note.

Health benefits : It is very nutritious, fiber rich and helps in preventing constipation, even helps in early stage of hemorrhage.

Difference between pidi karunai kizhangu and senai kizhangu

We often mistake this with arbi/ seppankizhangu/ colocasia. I have heard from couple of friends that they avoid eating seppankizhangu because of it’s itchy property. I was bit confused why they say so, then I assumed that they might have mistaken colocasia with pidi karunai kizhangu. Because till date, arbi/ colocasia never gave any itchy feel in my tongue after consumption. It is slimy when cooked but never itchy. Also when cooked, this is yellowish when compared to arbi.

Also people often confuse between pidi karunai kizhangu and senai kizhangu. This is small fist size root vegetable as the name indicates (Pidi-fist) while, the senai kizhangu, AKA elephant yam is large root vegetable in the size of elephant foot.

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Here are some recipes with elephant yam:

  • Yam tawa fry
  • Senai kizhangu stir fry
  • Elephant yam chips
  • Senai kuzhangu kuzhambu

I add it in 7 kari kootu for thiruvathirai and pongal. So remaining I make curry or podimas. This chutney/ gravy idea is from my mom when she visited recently. First I was bit reluctant to try, but, it was really flavourful and tasty. Easy and quick fix healthy gravy for lunch. Do try if you get a chance.

Gravies made the same way:

We make gravy with few vegetables in a specific manner like my previous recipes – yellow pumpkin gravy, ridge gourd gravy.  This also adds to the list. Though it is same way, this is helpful for newbies looking for recipes using this.

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Karunai kizhangu recipe

Karunai kizhangu gravy to go with rice as accompaniment. An Unbelievably delicious karunai kizhangu recipe with no itchiness.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 3
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • 8 Karunai kizhangu
  • 1 Onion
  • 7 Green chilli
  • 1 tsp Tamarind
  • ⅛ tsp Asafoetida
  • Salt – As needed

To temper

  • 2 tsp Oil
  • ½ tsp Mustard
  • ¼ tsp Methi seeds Optional
  • 1 tsp Urad dal
  • ¼ tsp Asafoetida
  • 1 Curry leaves sprig

Instructions

  • Wash and pressure cook karunai kizhangu in enough water for 3 whistles. Cool down and peel off the skin.
  • You can soak and extract tamarind water, Cube onion, slit green chillies in the mean time when its getting cooked.
  • Mash it well or I recommend grind it after crumbling the cooked kizhangu.
  • Heat oil in kadai and temper with items given under ‘To temper’ table.
  • Add tamarind extract, asafoetida, required salt and bring to boil.
  • Add the karunai kizhangu and mix well. Adjust water level so that the consistency is like sambar (slightly thicker than sambar).
  • Bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes.
  • Switch off the stove and transfer to serving bowl.

Notes

  • I just mashed the cooked kizhangu with potato masher, but found the texture to be grainy. I had no problem with it, still if you grind using mixer, the texture will be smooth and plesant to eyes. So I recommend grinding.
  • Asafoetida along with onion and green chilli gives flavour to this gravy, so be generous adding asafoetida.
  • Tamarind also should be more to nullify the itchy effect of the kizhangu.
  • Buy and keep the kizhangu for a week so that its itchy property goes away. fresh kizhangu tends to be more itchy.

Step by step method

  1. Wash and pressure cook karunai kizhangu in enough water for 3 whistles. Cool down and peel off the skin. Soak and extract tamarind water, Cube onion, slit green chillies in the mean time. 1-cook
  2. Mash it well or I recommend grind it after crumbling the cooked kizhangu. Heat oil in kadai and temper with items given under ‘To temper’ table. 2-temper
  3. Add tamarind extract, asafoetida, required salt and bring to boil. Add the karunai kizhangu and mix well. Adjust water level so that the consistency is like sambar (slightly thicker than sambar). 3-add
  4. Bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Switch off the stove and transfer to serving bowl. 4-ready

Serve hot with rice and any spicy curry. I had just with koozh vadam that my mom gave me.

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  1. Sowmya Sundararajan

    December 11, 2015 at 2:40 am

    Pick karunai does have an itchy feel on the tongue. That's because of its natural property. So is the case with vegetables like yam. But the effect can be nullified by washing these with water in which rice was soaked.

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  2. Unknown

    December 11, 2015 at 3:05 am

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  3. Unknown

    December 11, 2015 at 3:08 am

    Hi Raks.. It's titled samosa recipe??

    Reply
  4. Thilak saravanan

    December 11, 2015 at 3:48 am

    Draft needs changed to karuna kilangu gravy from samosa. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Thilak saravanan

    December 11, 2015 at 3:48 am

    Draft needs changed to karuna kilangu gravy from samosa. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Jayashree GOPI SWAMINATHAN

    December 11, 2015 at 4:40 am

    We can squeeze 1 lemon. It will be very tangy

    Reply
  7. Raks anand

    December 11, 2015 at 11:34 am

    Mistake, updated now =)

    Reply
  8. ramya

    December 11, 2015 at 11:58 am

    To remove itchy from yam, boil yam with tamarind. Then no itchy…. we used to do this often. But its call it as yam masiyal… in chettinadu side.

    Reply
  9. Aksh

    December 11, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    What does karunai kizhangu mean?

    Reply
  10. Papitha M

    December 12, 2015 at 1:31 am

    Very quick n easy recipe.mouth watering…..

    Reply
  11. Raks anand

    December 13, 2015 at 9:49 am

    Yes, every recipe using yam has either tamarind or lemon in it, so as this one. Masiyal is made bit thicker and this is similar to sambar consistency. And we call this chutney only. I named gravy for readers to understand better.

    Reply
  12. Raks anand

    December 13, 2015 at 9:49 am

    This is a variety of Yam

    Reply
  13. Traditionally Modern Food

    December 16, 2015 at 10:37 am

    Never cooked karynai kuzhambu this way..yum

    Reply
  14. kranthi 3k

    December 16, 2015 at 10:38 am

    Onion is not necessary. Adding small pieces of coconut enhance the taste

    Reply
  15. Unknown

    December 19, 2015 at 12:05 am

    I tried today. Superb

    Reply
  16. Aarthi

    February 21, 2017 at 4:59 am

    Do u know the English name for Karunai kizhangu..?

    Reply
  17. Raks anand

    February 21, 2017 at 5:13 am

    Sorry, I know it only as Yam.

    Reply

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