Arbi Roast

This is my mom’s recipe and she usually makes this with sambhar rice on Sundays. She also taught me the trick to avoid sticky arbi, as mentioned in this recipe. This goes best with South Indian Kootu or rasam/sambhar rice.

Prep Time: 45 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 kg Arbi or colocasia

• 4 tbsp Oil

• 1 tsp Mustard seeds

For marination

• 2 tbsp Besan

• 1 tbsp Rice flour

• 1 tsp Turmeric powder

• 1 tsp Chilli powder*

• 1 tsp Hing

• Salt, to taste

Instructions

1. Steam the Arbis in a rice cooker till you can easily pierce a knife through. It should not get overcooked, so keep a watch.

2. Once completely cool, remove the skin and cut into quarter sizes

3. Add all the ingredients for marinating, smear it well and keep refrigerated for half an hour

4. In a pan take oil and splutter mustard seeds

5. Add the marinated arbis adjust salt and roast it well in sim flame

6. Serve hot with sambhar or kottu rice