Kasrod ki sabzi Jammu special | Lengda ki sabzi
Kasrod ki sabzi Jammu special is a stir fry vegetable made of fiddlehead fern stalks which grows naturally on the hills.
Ingredients
- 250 gram Kasrod / Fiddlehead ferns stalks /Lengda
- 1 tbsp Mustard oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 cup curd/yoghurt/dahi
- 1/4 cup water
- Water for washing
Instructions
- Gently shave off the skin of the kasrod as it has lots of hair. (See notes below)
- Cut kasrod into small pieces.
- Wash kasrod very well so that all hairs and dust washes away.
- Add oil in a pan. As we have added mustard oil, it needs to be cooked first till smoking point.
- Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
- Then add kasrod.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt. Mix.
- Add water so that kasrod doesn't stick to the pan.
- Cover the pan with a lid and let kasrod cook on low heat.
- Keep stirring at intervals to prevent kasrod from sticking.
- After couple of minutes, kasrod will turn soft and tender.
- Take a curd in a bowl and whisk it very well.
- Add to the kasrod and mix well.
- Let the kasrod simmer on low heat until curd gets completely absorbed and kasrod doesn't remain watery.
- Kasrod ki sabzi is ready.
- Serve hot with roti/fulka.
Notes
Kasrod grows up along with lots of brown hair around it. Though mostly sellers sell kasrod after themselves removing the hair, but if you find hairs around kasrod, do remove them because they, being hallucinogenic and toxic in nature, are not good for consumption.