another one of those curries that we make during navratri is arbi curry or arbi masala. arbi is the hindi word for colocasia or tarot root.
this is a light north indian curry that is usually had with some swang ke chawal / tiny round rice like millet specially meant for fasting or with kuttu ki roti / rotis made from buckwheat flour.
we also make the same curry with potatoes. so if you do not have or get taro roots, you can make the same curry with boiled potatoes.
this is a satwik recipe and is no onion no garlic like all fasting or vrat recipes.
so if you like arbi then you check some more fasting recipes made from arbi on the links mentioned below:
- dahi arbi - colocasia roots simmered in thin yogurt gravy
- sukhi arbi - crispy fried colocasia roots
since at home we all like arbi, i plan to add some more recipes as well.
recipe details below for the arbi curry:
ingredients
- 10-12 arbi or colocasia roots
- 1/2 tsp carom seeds/ajwain
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 cups water
- salt as required
- some mint & coriander for garnishing
- 3 medium size tomatoes
- 1 green chili
- 1/2 inch ginger
- 1 tsp cumin
method:
- wash the arbi well.
- pressure cook the arbi till cooked.
- drain and let the arbi cool.
- when warm or cool, peel the skin and slice the arbi in to 2 or 4 pieces vertically.
- grind all the ingredients mentioned for making the paste to a smooth paste.
- heat oil.
- add the carom seeds and fry them.
- then add the tomato paste.
- stir and add all the spice powders one by one.
- fry the tomato paste till the oil separates.
- this will take about 6-7 minutes.
- then add water, rock salt and the boiled arbi pieces,
- simmer for some 6-7 minutes till the gravy becomes smooth and thickens a little bit.
- garnish with mint or coriander leaves and serve hot.
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Hi Dassana,I would like share an Arbi recipe with you and it is not a fasting dish exactly.
Boil small Arbis.then peel and flatten them in your palms.Apply salt,hing,haldi,chilli pwd and mix well .Keep aside for sometime.Then rollin fine rawa or rice flour and shallow fry.It tastes excellent.I saw this on a Marathi cookery show.I do not remember which.But I think you can also add some amchur as the arbis were itching very slightly.Try this. Thanks.
thanks shubha for sharing this recipe. it is so sweet of you. in fact co incidentally today i made a similar arbi recipe for the fast. posted it just now. but i will try your version too. the rava or rice flour would give a nice crispy texture to the arbi.
As always, delicious!
Love the spices used! I would slurp it as a soup more than a curry on a cold winter night.