Elephant Foot Yam Chips recipe or Jimikand recipe is a simple and an easy recipe which has only four ingredients in it, except yam - turmeric, red chilli powder, lemon juice and salt.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Snacks
- Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients
- 250 grams elephant foot yam ((suran or jimikand) peeled, rinsed and sliced)
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder (or cayenne pepper)
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice (or add according to taste)
- salt (as required)
- oil (for frying, as needed)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves
- 1 to 2 lemon wedges
Method
- Peel, rinse thoroughly and slice the elephant foot yam in 0.3 to 0.4 cm slices.
- In a bowl mix the yam/jimikand slices with the rest of the ground spices, lemon juice and salt uniformly.
- Marinate the yam slices for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Shallow fry the yam slices in oil on a skillet, flat pan or tawa adding oil as needed.
- For the first batch, you can add about 3 to 4 tablespoons of oil and later add as required. Use any neutral tasting oil to fry.
- Fry until golden. Turn over the yam slices as needed, when they are being fried.
- Place the shallow fried yam chips on kitchen paper towels to remove any extra oil.
- Serve Yam Chips hot garnished with coriander leaves and lemon wedges.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.