Updated On: 28 November, 2022 04:39 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
Available throughout the year, suran, yam or elephant’s foot yam, as it is more popularly called, may not be everybody’s favourite. Interestingly, chefs say a lot can be done with the root vegetable that may change the way you look at it and even start to enjoy it more than ever before

Chef Vinayak Patil at Butterfly High suggests using suran to make a delicious yam galouti kebab with a Mexican twist. Photo Courtesy: Butterfly High
When one talks about favourite vegetables, it is always those that are easily available at the neighbourhood market. They are not only made in a variety of delicious preparations across various Indian cuisines but also used in other cuisines outside of the country. While they always steal the show, there is no doubt that bitter gourd, pumpkin and ridge gourd aren’t the most popular ones because of the texture and taste as well as preparation that people have consumed over the years in their homes.
As the winter slowly sets in in the city, there are some that don’t need a season to be celebrated because they are available all year round. Yam, suran or elephant’s foot, as it is locally known, is one that definitely deserves more attention than it gets, as it remains on the cart while others get sold out. One may look at yam and not want to make it because of its rough brown bark-like exterior but what many may not realise is its interior that makes for a very interesting ingredient to work with. If you have had a doubt about it till now, chefs tell you otherwise.
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