Vrat ki dahi arbi recipe – this is made from boiled colocasia roots, cashew paste, yogurt and very few spices. This can be consumed during Navratri vrat or make on any regular day.
During the religious fasting or upvas, tuber vegetables like potato, sweet potato, yam are allowed. This arbi is also one of them.
Arbi vegetable is not our favorite, but because of its many health benefits I make it occasionally. Specially during the fasting period, I must make a dish using this vegetable.
In my childhood life, I have eaten arbi very rarely. My roommates introduced the tasty ways to eat this and since then I have been buying and cooking with this.
Other recipes using arbi are arbi chips, sukhi arbi sabzi and arbi tikki. (Will share in future.)
How to make vrat ki dahi arbi recipe (Step by Step Photos):
1) First boil the arbi in pressure cooker till soft or 1 whistle only. You can cook in microwave for 4-5 minutes. Make sure not to overcook it otherwise it will be mushy and too sticky. Once cool to touch, peel and chop.
2) Soak the cashew nuts in 2 tablespoons of warm water for 10 minutes. After that make smooth paste in grinder.
3) Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
4) Now add slit green chili and saute for 30 seconds.
5) Now add chopped arbi, sprinkle salt over it.
6) Saute for 5-6 minutes with turning around or till it gets light brown in color.
7) Now add cashew nut paste.
8) If it it sticking add little water.
9) Now add red chili powder and cumin powder.
10) Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
11) Lower the heat and then add yogurt.
12) Immediately mix it so it does not curdle. Adjust the consistency by adding water. Let it simmer for 6-7 minutes on medium-low heat. Do stir once or twice in between.
13) Lastly add chopped coriander leaves.
14) Mix well and turn off the heat.
Dahiwali arbi is ready to serve.
If your yogurt does not give enough sourness, you can add little amchur powder.
This curry is not restricted to make only on fasting, You can make on regular days too.
Serving suggestion: During vrat or upvas, this dahi arbi can be served with kuttu ki puri, singhare ki puri or rajgira puri. It can be served with rajgira paratha or kuttu paratha.
Vrat ki dahi arbi recipe
Ingredients (1 cup = 240 ml)
- 4-5 small or 1 cup Arbi (taro root or colocasia) boiled, peeled and cut into big chunks, Colocasia roots/taro roots
- 1 tablespoon Peanut oil
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 Green chili slit
- 1 tablespoons Cashew nuts Soak in 2 tablespoons of warm water for and make smooth paste
- 1 cup Water
- Rock salt (Sendha namak) to taste
- ½ teaspoon Red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon Cumin powder
- ⅓ cup Plain yogurt (dahi or curd) whisked till smooth
- 1 tablespoons Cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely
Instructions
Pressure cooking arbi:
- First boil the arbi in pressure cooker till soft or 1 whistle only.
- You can cook in microwave for 4-5 minutes. Make sure not to overcook it otherwise it will be mushy and too sticky.
- Once cool to touch, peel and chop.
- Soak the cashew nuts in 2 tablespoons of warm water for 10 minutes.
- After that make smooth paste in grinder.
Making vrat ki dahi arbi recipe:
- Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat.
- Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
- Now add slit green chili and saute for 30 seconds.
- Now add chopped arbi, sprinkle salt over it.
- Saute for 5-6 minutes with turning around or till it gets light brown in color.
- Now add cashew nut paste. If it it sticking add little water.
- Now add red chili powder and cumin powder. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
- Lower the heat and then add yogurt. Immediately mix it so it does not curdle.
- Adjust the consistency by adding water.
- Let it simmer for 6-7 minutes on medium-low heat. Do stir once or twice in between.
- Lastly add chopped coriander leaves. Mix well
- and turn off the heat.
