Arbi Fry or Alkudi chi bhaji - to eat more Tubers

Arvi/Arbi/Alkudi Fry - spicy fry to make Alkudi interesting . Other way to eat this tuber is simply pressure cook and eat with salt

Quantity - for 2 people dinner

Ingredients-

Arbi root - 5/6
Mustard seeds - to temper
Cumin seeds - to temper
Red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Molgai Podi - 1 tbsp
Hing - to temper
Haldi - to temper
Salt - as per taste
Peanut oil - for cooking 
Fresh Coriander leaves - to garnish

Procedure -

1. Wash and peel arbi nicely . Then keep a bowl of water ready to add pieces of arbi chopped . Adding in water is necessary to prevent any oxidation of arbi .
2. Cut small cubes or slices of arbi just like potato roast and keep them in water till they are ready to be fried . Then drain all the water and keep it ready to use.
3. Heat oil in a kadai . Once it is hot , add tadka items - mustard seeds , cumin seeds, hing and haldi .Fry the tadka nicely
4. Then add drained arbi into this tadka and mix well . Add some salt and stir for couple of minutes
5. After this add all dry masalas - red chilli powder , coriander powder and molagai podi . Mix everything well and adjust salt . Keep stirring to ensure all masalas coat nicely on arbi pieces .
6. Let this cook for atleast 10 mins . Do not cover kadai anytime , else arbi will become soft and mushy . Keep stirring in between to ensure arbi does not stick to kadai bottom .
7. Lastly sprinkle some fresh coriander leaves

Serve hot with poli and tup and any of your favorite homemade chutney :)

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