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Prerequisite: Mixer /blender

Suran/ amorphophallus/ elephant's foot is a tasty vegetable. Mamatha, a hands-on mom and a wonderful cook shares an interesting recipe with all of us.

Ingredients Used:

For koftas:
3 fistfuls of Suran/amorphophallus
3 fistfuls of carrots
3 tsp of besan/Bengal gram flour
2 tsp rice flour
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

For Gravy:
1 fistful grated coconut
2-3 fried chillies
3-4 green chillies
1 fistful coriander leaves
2-3 cinnamon sticks
3 clove buds
1 cardamom
1 onion
1/2 inch ginger
4-5 garlic cloves
1 1/2 tomatoes
Salt as per requirement.

How to Prepare:

Grate to 3 fistfuls of suran  and 3 fistful carrots, optimum amount of salt, 3 spoons bengal gram flour, 2 tsp rice flour. Make small marble sized balls without adding water. Deep fry. While frying them, prepare the gravy alongside.

For the gravy, take  1 fistful of grated coconut, 2-3 fried chillies, 3- 4 green chillies, 1 fistful coriander leaves,  2-3 cinnamon sticks (small ones),  3 clovebuds, 1 cardamom, one onion, 1/2 inch ginger,  4-5 cloves garlic, 1 and a 1/2 tomato- Put all of these in a mixer and grind them well.

Then,  in a kadai or cooking pan,  pour this ground masala with required amount of salt and water and bring it to a boil. Add the fried koftas ( veggie balls) into the curry mix well.. The fried balls should soak up some of the curry. Cover the container with a lid and cook on low flame till the koftas swell up a little in size and indicate that the curry has been absorbed.
Serve with fresh rotis or chapatis.