1. Cut and remove the skin of the yam using peeler or knife.
2. Take a bowl of diluted butter milk, add little salt and put the cut yam pieces into the butter milk and give it a quick wash for avoiding the mild irritation while having this. (optional)
3. Remove the yam pieces from butter milk and add into the clean water and wash it one more time. when pieces are clean, transfer it to another bowl of clean water.
4. Now, transfer the yam pieces to a wide sauce pan and cook the yam until its is 3/4th cooked and not completely cooked.
5. Add some salt, 3/4 tsp of turmeric powder, 2 tsp of chili powder, 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste and some water until the pieces are completely immersed.
6. Close it and cook until it is 3/4th done.
7. Pour some oil in a pan and shallow fry the yam pieces and keep it aside.
8. Remove the excess oil from the pan, add some pound garlic cloves, some curry leaves and drop the fried yam pieces and mix with it for flavour (optional).
9. Yummy and fried yam is ready to serve.