Seppakizhangu Roast (South Indian Style Arbi Fry) Recipe

Name: Seppakizhangu Roast (South Indian Style Arbi Fry) Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: South Indian Recipes
Ingredients: 500 grams Colocasia root (Arbi); 2 teaspoon Gram flour (besan); 2 teaspoon Rice flour; 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder; 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania); 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); null Oil to cook; null Salt to taste

Nithya Anantham

February 19, 2025

3134 Ratings

Seppakizhangu Roast (South Indian Style Arbi Fry) Recipe

Time:Prep: 15 M|Cook: 40 M|Total: 55 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Lunch

Cuisine:South Indian Recipes

Seppakizhangu Roast Recipe is a much loved South Indian Style Arbi fry. This is made from Colocasia or Taro as the main ingredient, spiced in a South Indian style. It is crisp and makes a complete meal with simple south Indian meal of Rice and Rasam, or Phulkas and Parathas.

Here are a few more ideas of dry sabzi to go with Rice or Indian Breads.

Ingredients

500 grams Colocasia root (Arbi)

2 teaspoon Gram flour (besan)

2 teaspoon Rice flour

1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder

1 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)

1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)

Oil, to cook

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Seppakizhangu Roast (South Indian Style Arbi Fry) Recipe

To begin making Seppakizhangu Roast (South Indian Style Arbi Fry) Recipe, take the arbi and pressure cook them with enough water for 1 whistle. Switch off the heat and release the pressure, this will avoid the overcooking of arbi. Now peel the skin of the arbi, cut each one of them into 2-3 pieces and keep it aside.

Take a big bowl, add all the dry ingredients except oil and mix well.

Now add the arbi mix it lightly to coat all the vegetable with spices. Marinate the arbi/ colocasia in this mix for 20 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan on medium heat, add the marinated arbi and give it a gentle stir.

Let the arbi cook and get roasted in medium heat, occasionally give it a gentle stir.

Serve the Seppakizhangu Roast (South Indian Style Arbi Fry) Recipe with Steamed Rice and Rasam. This also makes a great combination with hot Phulkas or Chapatis.