Indications
- It is said to be best among the tubers
- It balances all the 3 doshas
- It cures Kapha and Vata Diseases
- Cures bleeding piles
- Cures loss of appetite
Sanskrit name: Soorana
Botanical name: Amorphophallus Campanulatus
English name: Elephant Yam
Tamil name: Pidikarunai kizhangu
Preparation
Ingredients
- Elephant yam - 200 gm
- Turmeric - 1 pinch
- Green chilly - 1
- Mustard - 1 tsp
- Rock salt - to taste
- Sesame oil - 2 spoons
- Curry leaves - few
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Method
Steam cook the yam and remove the external skin. Crush it and make it like a paste. Add this to a seasoning of mustard, green chilly and turmeric in sesame oil. Add rock salt and mix well. Garnish it with curry leaves.
