Kandagadda Vepudu is an authentic recipe from Andra, known for its unique taste and shimmery golden brown color that captures your attention at the very first sight... Savor this delightful dish with a sip of buttermilk in between...
The first step is to clean kandagadda in a proper way and soak it in water well before you do the chopping because it will be easy to remove the mud from the outer skin.
After some time, just peel the skin off and wash it again three to four times approximately.
Then chop it into long thick slices suitable for tawa fry.
Wash it one more time and drop it in a vessel and add two cups of water and boil.
Add a pinch of salt and a quarter teaspoon of turmeric powder while boiling.
When it comes to a boil just turn off the stove and strain the water and now the kandagadda is ready to fry.
Drop the kandagadda slices that you have parboiled already in a large bowl.
Tip in a quarter teaspoon of salt (as you have already added a little) along with a few pinches of hing or asafoetida powder in the bowl.
Sprinkle a teaspoon of red chili powder and coriander powder each.
Follow it up with half a teaspoon of cumin or jeera powder and garam masala each.
Squirt in about half a teaspoon of ginger garlic paste and finally add half a teaspoon of fennel powder.
Stir in the ingredients well with a spatula and let it marinate for half an hour approximately.
After sometime, heat a tawa and splash in four to five tablespoons of cooking oil to make the yam tawa fry.
Maintain the heat in medium flame and drop in the yam slices one by one into the tawa leaving enough space between one another.
Let the slices sizzle evenly and now you lower the flame while closing the tawa with a lid.
After a minute or two, just open the lid and using a spatula flip the yam slices to the other side.
You will now notice that the bottom part being roasted and has become crispy golden brown.
Similarly, roast the other part too and when it turns completely golden brown and crispy take it out from the tawa and place it over a plate covered with a paper towel.
Now the lip-smacking Kandagadda Veppudu is sizzling hot and ready to eat.
Serve this delicacy as an after school snack for kids or as starters for tea parties.
Serving Size 1 yam
Servings 0