Arbi Fry/ Seppankilangu Fry/ Colocasia Fry

Arbi Fry/ Seppankilangu Fry/ Colocasia Fry

       Recipe Cuisine: Indian |Recipe Category: Side Dish |Prep Time: 10 mins| Cook time: 15 mins

Seppankilangu is also called as taro root, Arbi, Colocasia. Which is very tasty It has amazing health benefits like ability to improve digestion, lower blood sugar levels, prevent certain types of cancers, protect the skin, enhance vision, increase circulation, decrease blood pressure. Seppankilangu/ colocasia/ arbi is one perfect veggie to do fry. This seppankilangu fry will go well with sambar rice, rasam rice and curd rice too.

Ingredients

• Seppankilangu / Arbi / Colocasia –  1/4 kg
• Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
• Garlic Paste  - 1 tsp
• Salt - As needed
• Oil - To deep fry

Method:

Step 1:

• Wash and pressure cook seppankilangu with 3/4 cup of water to 1 whistle. Peel off the skin and slit into two.
• Heat Oil in a Kadai, Deep fry in hot oil until both sides gets little golden. Turn in between to make sure it gets cooked evenly. Drain in paper towels to get rid of excess oil.

Step 2:

• Heat 2-3 tsp Oil in a pan, Add red chili powder, Garlic paste, Salt and then add  fried seppankilangu in it, Mix well.
• Keep the flame in low, Allow it to crisp upto 10-15 mins. Stir in between to make sure it gets crisp on both sides.
• Serve Hot.

Notes

• You can mix all the ingredients in the seppankilangu and then you can deep fry it. But it will not be more crisp, It will be sticky.
• Fry it without any spices and then add all ingredients like my method. It will be more crisp and tasty .
• You can cut the seppankilangu into any shapes like circle or long stripes.
• While pressure cooking the arbi/seppankizhangu, make sure you pressure cook just right, otherwise, fry wont turn good if its cooked mushy.