Preparation time:  30 min.

Cooking time:  10 min.

Serves/Makes:  Serves 4 to 6.

A spicy mixture sandwiched between slices of steamed purple yam and baked to perfection.

1 kg purple yam (kand)

For the stuffing

1 cup roasted split gram (daria)

1 cup chopped coriander

2 tablespoons grated coconut

juice of 1 lemon

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon asafoetida (hing)

2 tablespoons oil

salt to taste

If you want to make this dish for eating on a fasting day, you can use peanuts instead of the roasted gram.