Arbi Jhol Recipe is Uttar Pradesh Style Colocasia & Lotus Seeds Sabzi prepared without onion and garlic. But at the same time, this sabzi is so flavourful that you will make this recipe often. Everyday spices and kasuri methi makes this gravy recipe packed with flavours.
Makhane are usually used during fasting days in recipes where you don't use garlic and onion.
Serve Arbi Jhol Recipe - Uttar Pradesh Style Colocasia & Lotus Seeds Sabzi with Pudina Tawa Paratha, Baingan Ka Chokha Recipe, steamed rice and Dal Tadka Recipe Flavored with Lemon and Coriander.
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Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh
Course: Side Dish
Diet: Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Preethi Blue Leaf Mixer Grinder, Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok), Hard Anodised Frying Pan / Omelette Pan
Cooks in 20 M
Total in 30 M
To begin making Arbi Jhol Recipe - Colocasia & Lotus Seeds Sabzi, wash, peel and cut colocasia roots into discs of uniform thickness (uniformity will help in even cooking).
Take a shallow frying pan and shallow fry colocasia pieces with a little oil till they are a little crisp. Keep aside.
In the same pan, roast lotus seeds till crisp. Keep aside
In a mixer, grind tomato, green chilli and ginger and take out in a bowl.
Heat a kadai with a little ghee/oil. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and let it sizzle. Add hing to the oil and once the hing releases its aromas add the tomato puree with chilli and ginger.
Add salt and saute till you feel that the puree is cooked well and it starts coming together.
Next, add dry roasted colocasia, salt to taste, and about a cup of water. Mix well, simmer and close the lid and cook for 5-6 minutes.
When you feel that the colocasia/arbi is almost cooked, add roasted lotus seeds . Simmer and bring to boil for 2-3 minutes such that the taste is seeped in well into both arbi and lotus seeds.
Finally add garam masala, and crushed kasoori methi to the Arbi Jhol. Mix well and switch off. Garnish Arbi Jhol with chopped coriander leaves and serve.
Serve Arbi Jhol Recipe - Uttar Pradesh Style Colocasia & Lotus Seeds Sabzi with Pudina Tawa Paratha, Baingan Ka Chokha Recipe, steamed rice and Dal Tadka Recipe Flavored with Lemon and Coriander.