Elephant Foot Yam Kheer Recipe | Chena Payasam Recipe

Elephant Foot Yam Kheer | Chena Payasam Recipe with Video Recipe. Elephant foot yam or ‘suran’ grows in Africa and Asia. It is known as chena in malayalam. It is a larger tuber resembles elephant foot hence the name “elephant foot yam”. It can use in many curries and side dishes, it’s nice flavor makes the dishes delicious. Did u ever made a kheer/payasam with elephant foot yam?. If no, then try this kheer/payasam with elephant foot yam. It is very easy to prepare within few minutes. For making this kheer/payasam first I cooked yam then I grinded it to a paste, then cooked it with jaggery syrup and coconut milk. In this recipe, I am using the store bought ready to use coconut milk, which reduced the process of grating coconut and extracting the coconut milk from the coconut. I have included the link of the ready to use coconut milk at the end of this post You can refer it if ur interest to buy it. Hope now you understood that how simple is to make this payasam with elephant foot yam/chena. This payasam is not only easy to make, but also tastes delicious. Only problem is that you may feel itching in your hands after peeling and slicing yam. To avoid this, apply some oil on your hands and then peel and slice yam. Next time when you buy this elephant foot yam don’t forget to try this payasam recipe. I am sure that you all will love the taste of this payasam. Including elephant foot yam in your diet has many health benefits.

Health Benefits of Elephant Foot Yam

It contains large amount of protein and carbs
It will lower the bad cholesterol, so it will help to prevent cardiovascular disease and strokes
It helps to lower blood sugar and blood pressure
It is an anti-inflammatory agent, so it is a good medicine for the inflammation of the joints such as arthritis. It contains a mild pain killing agent so it will act as a pain killer
It is a good source of omega 3 fatty acids
It contains lots of minerals and vitamin A, which is a powerful antioxidant, hence it will boost up your immune system
Eating elephant yam during pregnancy has many health benefits. You can check it here

Try this recipe and let me know how it turned out for you.

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Preparation Time:20 minute
Cooking Time:15 minute
Servings:4 people

Ingredients

Elephant Yam/Chena-1 cup

Salt-1/2 tsp

Jaggery-250gm

Coconut milk-200ml

Ghee-3 tbs

Cardamom powder-1/2 tsp

Cashewnuts-6

Raisins-8 to 9

Method Of Preparation

Apply some oil on you hand. Peel and cut the yam into small pieces. Wash it well
Pressure cook it with little water and a pinch of salt for 4 whistle
Once the yam pieces are cooked well, drain the water and keep it aside
Once it’s cooled down, grind it to a fine paste and keep it aside
In a heavy bottomed pan, take jaggery and add 1 cup water into it. Heat it on medium flame until jaggery dissolves completely
Once jaggery dissolved completely, switch off the flame. Strain it for removing impurities. Keep it aside
Heat 2tbs ghee in a pan. Add grounded yam/chena paste into it. Saute it for a minute in low flame
Add jaggery syrup into it. Mix it well. Add 1/4 tsp salt into it and mix well
Once it started to thicken add coconut milk into it. Add cardamom powder into it. Mix it well
Cook it in medium flame until it thickened ( Stir continously)
Heat 1tbs ghee in a pan. Add cashewnuts into it. Roast it until it turns light brown in color. Add raisins into it. Saute it until the raisins puff up
Add this to the cooked kheer/payasam
Elephant yam kheer/Chena payasam is now ready to serve