It has been long time since I posted something..mostly because I was very very lazy to type out the recipes :)
The potatoes finally did inspire me to write up a recipe. This is a simple and easy potato dish..Surprisingly it requires very less oil and still tastes very well.Without delaying too much..lemme go straight to the recipe..
Ingredients:
1) Potatoes - 2 large
2) Onion - 1 medium sized, finely chopped
3) Coriander leaves / Cilantro - handful, finely chopped
4) Green chillies - 3, slit into half
5) Dry red chillies - 1 , broken into pieces
6) Curry leaves - handful
7) Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
7) Mustard seeds - half tsp
8) Cumin seeds - half tsp
9) Split Channa dal - 1 tsp
10) Urad dal - 1 tsp
11) Asafoetida - a pinch
12) salt to taste
13) cooking Oil - 1 tbsp
14) Grated Coconut = 2 tbsp (optional)
Method:
1) Peel the potatoes and cut them into half inch cubes.boil them in enough water by adding salt to it. The potatoes should be cooked to fork tender.
2) Strain the potatoes and let them cool off a bit. Roughly mash them using the back of a spoon. Do not make a fine paste of it, there should be few lumps of potatoes. Set this aside.
3) In a medium sized pan, heat the oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds to this and wait for them to splutter.
4) Add broken red chillies, green chillies, Curry leaves. and a pinch of asafoetida. Fry for half a min.
5) Now add channa dal followed by urad dal and fry till both the dals are golden brown.
6) At this point add the chopped onions and stir fry. Add some salt to this. This speeds up the cooking process of the onions.
7) once the onions are tender, add the potatoes and mix this well. turn the flame to low and let this cook for 2 to 3 mins.
8) Adjust the salt, add lemon juice, coriander leaves and give a good stir. Let this sit on low heat for another couple of mins.
9) You can add grated coconut along with lemon juice. This is an optional step.
10) Remove from heat and transfer the contents to a serving bowl.
This dish goes well with Rice and any south indian side dish like rasam, sambhar, paruppu etc..Enjoy!!
Random Tip:
Recently Indu and I used the leftover podimas to make a sandwich...came out pretty decent. Works well on days you are too lazy to make anything for breakfast or can have it as a quick snack :)
The potatoes finally did inspire me to write up a recipe. This is a simple and easy potato dish..Surprisingly it requires very less oil and still tastes very well.Without delaying too much..lemme go straight to the recipe..
Ingredients:
1) Potatoes - 2 large
2) Onion - 1 medium sized, finely chopped
3) Coriander leaves / Cilantro - handful, finely chopped
4) Green chillies - 3, slit into half
5) Dry red chillies - 1 , broken into pieces
6) Curry leaves - handful
7) Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
7) Mustard seeds - half tsp
8) Cumin seeds - half tsp
9) Split Channa dal - 1 tsp
10) Urad dal - 1 tsp
11) Asafoetida - a pinch
12) salt to taste
13) cooking Oil - 1 tbsp
14) Grated Coconut = 2 tbsp (optional)
Method:
1) Peel the potatoes and cut them into half inch cubes.boil them in enough water by adding salt to it. The potatoes should be cooked to fork tender.
2) Strain the potatoes and let them cool off a bit. Roughly mash them using the back of a spoon. Do not make a fine paste of it, there should be few lumps of potatoes. Set this aside.
3) In a medium sized pan, heat the oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds to this and wait for them to splutter.
4) Add broken red chillies, green chillies, Curry leaves. and a pinch of asafoetida. Fry for half a min.
5) Now add channa dal followed by urad dal and fry till both the dals are golden brown.
6) At this point add the chopped onions and stir fry. Add some salt to this. This speeds up the cooking process of the onions.
7) once the onions are tender, add the potatoes and mix this well. turn the flame to low and let this cook for 2 to 3 mins.
8) Adjust the salt, add lemon juice, coriander leaves and give a good stir. Let this sit on low heat for another couple of mins.
9) You can add grated coconut along with lemon juice. This is an optional step.
10) Remove from heat and transfer the contents to a serving bowl.
This dish goes well with Rice and any south indian side dish like rasam, sambhar, paruppu etc..Enjoy!!
Random Tip:
Recently Indu and I used the leftover podimas to make a sandwich...came out pretty decent. Works well on days you are too lazy to make anything for breakfast or can have it as a quick snack :)
