Chitra Agrawal with another fun take on a traditional South Indian stir fry.
By Chitra Agrawal
My mom’s palya recipe, which is a South Indian stir-fry dish, never gets old because I can apply it to so many different vegetables that are available around me.
This time, I used sweet potatoes and mizuna, Japanese greens that have a peppery flavor and remind me a bit of mustard greens used in Indian cooking.
PrintIndian Stir Fry – Sweet Potato and Feta Palya
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 2-3 1x
Description
Another fun and delicious take on a classic South Indianl Palya, stir fry.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 3/4 pound sweet potatoes, peeled, cubed
- 1 bunch of mizuna greens, leaves & an inch of stem chopped
- 1/4 large onion, chopped
- pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 1/3 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- 1/2 teaspoon chana dal
- 3 fresh curry leaves
- 1 dried red chili, broken in half
- few squeezes of lemon
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 2 tablespoons crumbled feta
Instructions
- Under medium heat, warm oil in a pan. Add pinch of asafetida and mustard seeds and shake up the pan. Put in the grad dal and chana dal.
- Fry until the mustard seeds start popping and the other dals start to brown up. Turn down the heat and throw in the dried red chili and curry leaves (the oil will spurt so be careful).
- Add in the onions at this time and stir well. Turn the heat back to medium. Next add in the turmeric and give a good stir. Cook the onions until translucent.
- Throw in the sweet potatoes and cook until softened, but so they don’t lose their shape. If they start to stick I sometimes add a little bit of water and lower the heat a little. They will cook in about 15 minutes. Once they are cooked, stir in the greens and cook until wilted.
- Turn off the heat and add in lemon and cilantro. Mix it up and top with crumbled feta.
- Serve with roti, in a tortilla or on the side of scrambled eggs.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
