This suran khichdi is Hindu fasting, vrat recipe where elephant yam is grated and cooked with peanuts. This can be a perfect meal for many Hindu vrats like Navratri, Jaya parvati vrat, Gauri vrat, Ekadashi, Janmashtami, Maha shivratri, Shravana month and so on.
❤️About This Recipe
My mom makes this farali khichdi very often during upvas. But after coming to the USA, I make it very rare. Because I rarely find fresh suran in Indian grocery stores. Whenever I see, I do buy make it along with other suran dishes like suran chips, suran sabzi.
Since very few spices are allowed during vrat, this suran khichdi made with very minimal spices. Still, it tastes too good.
Suran (elephant foot yam) is the kind of root that creates the itchy feeling in your throat if not cooked properly or not combined with the right ingredients.
To prevent itchy feeling, you must add sour ingredients like lemon, tamarind, yogurt, etc. Here lemon is used in this recipe. SO the important ingredient is LEMON JUICE (do not skip).
🧾Ingredients
Here is the pic of the ingredients used in this suran khichdi recipe. Please check out the notes below I shared.
Suran: It very rare that I find fresh suran in Indian grocery stores here in the USA. So whenever I find it, I make sure to buy it.
Cloves and cinnamon: I make a fresh powder using mortar and pestle. Instead, you can go for a quick route and add garam masala.
Lime juice (or Lemon): It helps to avoid the itchy feeling in your throat.
Peanuts, sesame and coconut: All these adds a nice nutty flavor and overall improves the taste of the khichdi.
👩🍳Step By Step Photo Instructions
1) Let’s start by cutting and peeling the elephant yam. Most of the time this gives irritation or itchy feeling to your hands during this process. To avoid that, please grease your hands with little oil and then continue.
2) If not using right away then keep submerged into the water after peeling.
3) Now using the box grater, start grating them.
4) Soak the grated yam into a bowl of salted water for 10-15 minutes. Meantime prep rest of the ingredients.
5) Heat the peanut oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle. Then add sesame seeds.
6) As sesame seeds start to splutter, add crushed peanuts. And saute for a minute or till they are lightly roasted and get light brown color.
7) Now discard the soaking water from grated suran. Add that to the pan and sprinkle rock salt. Mix and let it cook for 5-6 minutes or till yam gets soft (but not mushy).
8) While yam is cooking, take cloves and piece of cinnamon stick, make a powder using mortar and pestle.
9) Add that powder to the cooked yam.
10) Also, add sugar and lemon juice.
11) Lastly, add desiccated coconut and chopped cilantro leaves.
12) Stir well and it is ready to serve.
💭Expert Tips
I prefer the mild version of this khichdi, but if you want to add some spicy flavor then add chopped green chili after adding sesame seeds.
Lemon juice is must here. It helps to prevent the ichy or irritating feeling in your throat.
VARIATION: You can use an equal amount of grated yam and grated potato. Or make the same dish with only grated potatoes.
Serving suggestion: Serve this khichdi as such during the Navratri vrat or fasting days. This also tastes good with plain yogurt, farali raita, or farali kadhi.
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Farali Suran Khichdi
Ingredients
- 200 grams or 1 ⅓ cups Suran (Elephant foot yam or Jimikand) grated
- 2 cups Water add pinch of salt in the water
- 1 tablespoon Peanut oil
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon Sesame seeds
- 50 grams or ¼ cup Peanuts coarsely ground
- a very small piece Cinnamon stick
- 2 Cloves
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons Desiccated coconut
- 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
Prep:
- Let’s start by cutting and peeling the elephant yam. Most of the time this gives irritation or itchy feeling to your hands during this process. To avoid that, please grease your hands with little oil and then continue.
- Now using the box grater, start grating them.
- Soak the grated yam into a bowl of salted water for 10-15 minutes. Meantime prep rest of the ingredients.
Making Suran Khichdi:
- Heat the peanut oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
- Then add sesame seeds. As sesame seeds start to splutter, add crushed peanuts. And saute for a minute or till they are lightly roasted and get light brown color.
- Now discard the soaking water from grated suran. Add that to the pan and sprinkle rock salt.
- Mix and let it cook for 5-6 minutes or till yam gets soft (but not mushy).
- While yam is cooking, take cloves and piece of cinnamon stick, make a powder using mortar and pestle. Add that powder to the cooked yam.
- Also, add sugar and lemon juice.
- Lastly, add desiccated coconut and chopped cilantro leaves. Stir well and it is ready to serve.
Notes
- This root gives an itchy feeling in your throat, to avoid that you must add sour ingredients like lemon, tamarind, yogurt, etc. Here lemon is used in this recipe. SO the important ingredient is LEMON JUICE (do not skip).
- I prefer the mild version of this khichdi, but if you want to add some spicy flavor then add chopped green chili after adding sesame seeds.
- Not all the oils are allowed during Hindu vrat. Ask your elders what is allowed in your family, tradition, and go from there. We mostly use peanut oil or ghee.
Seems so yummy also easy preparation.
Usually I make small small square shaped chips and
Sprinkle salt and pepper powder.
Yes that's what we do too. Here is the suran chips recipe
The recipe turned out really well.
glad to know
Hmmm Never heard of suran khichdi but looks great. will give it a shot
thanks,
sure. Happy cooking!!