Comments on: Sweet and spicy yam (Surna tambuDe)

By: Betty

Betty — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:53:24 +0000

Some interesting receipes…however many ingredients are so unfamiliar to me… Where can they be purchased? Also, are there any substitutions? I live in the Boonies and am not familiar with any Indian Stores nearby.

Shilpa: Betty, 99% of the recipes on this site are Indian recipes which require specific ingredients. Few of the ingredients are available in other stores also, but most of them are only available in Indian stores. There are some online sites where you can buy them.

By: Dilip

Dilip — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:16:44 +0000

What is the botanical name of Suran?

By: Aparna

Aparna — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:29:50 +0000

Thanks for the post. I tried the same version with green bananas but never with Suran. I will try it next.

Green bananas mash very quickly too. So, instead of grinding the paste with tamarind, i add tamarind exract at the end of the boiling process. Tamarind has the tendency to stiffen vegetables thus preventing the mashhy effect. It works very well with green bananas. Please try it the next time you prepare this dish.

By: Kaykat

Kaykat — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:43:11 +0000

I *love* yams! I’ve never tried the tambude, sounds delicious. We’ve used a similar marinade, but not with the jaggery – I’ll try that next time.

By: dhivya

dhivya — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:18:59 +0000

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By: Archana

Archana — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:17:09 +0000

Hi, Shilpa.. Nice yummy sweet an sour suran gojju.. !! I like it very much.. Even my mom does in the same way but she do add some coconut..

By: Roops

Roops — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:46:16 +0000

For some reason I have hated Suran from my childhood. Now that I try to remember the reason I cant find any. The ingredients here seem tasty enough that I should give a second chance to my old nemesis

By: kanchan gharse

kanchan gharse — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:34:38 +0000

Hi Shilpa!
Thanks a lot for letting me know a NEW SURAN RECIPE. Will try out soon.

By: aruna

aruna — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:58:34 +0000

I made it today, a small batch and was longing to eat more. It tasted somewhere near to Chow Chow which my MIL makes. Thanks Shilpa for posting this.

Thanks A . I will surely ask my mamama and amma why they never made this anytime before.

By: A

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:06:03 +0000

Hi Shipa,

Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that you copied the recipe from Jaya Shenoy’s book. I meant to say that she has most konkani recipes in her book. Hope you don’t take it offensively.

A

Shilpa: A, I wanted to clarify your “all the recipes you have posted here, plus many more” statement.