Potato Curry

This is a baked version of potato curry. I was going through my cousin's blog En Vittu Virundhu, I came across this baked potato curry with garlic. But I skipped the garlic. Her version was fully baked and mine is half baked & half stove top cooked. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients :-

1. Potato - 4 (big)
2. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
3. red chillies powder - 3/4 tsp (acc to taste)
4. salt to taste
5. Oil -  1 tsp
6. Pam spray -  couple of sprays

Take a microwave safe bowl. Put small holes in potato with a fork. Add required amount of water to cover the potato and microwave it for 5 to 7 minutes or till it is half cooked.  Let it cool. Peel it and cut it into small cubes. Now put the potato pieces in a ziploc cover adding required amount of salt, turmeric powder & red chillies powder and shake it nicely so that the dry ingredients get coated in the potato pieces. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Now take a cookie sheet. Spray the oil nicely and spread the potato pieces.  Cook it for 5 minutes in the 350 pre heated oven. Stir it in between. Take out the curry when you get the expected crispy structure.

Aloo Methi

This is another side dish I tried and got the recipe from Rak's Kitchen. I tried to follow the same recipe of hers except few changes I made to suit our taste. Here goes the recipe...

Ingredients:-

1. Potato - 2 cups (chopped into cubes)
2. Onion - 1
3. Methi Leaves - 1 cup (wash it & finely chopped)
4. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
5. salt to taste
6. Curry powder - 1 tsp (acc to taste)
7. Oil - 2 tsp
8. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
9. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
10. Green onion - 2 tsp (chopped for garnishing)

Put the chopped potato in a microwave safe bowl, add required amount of water and microwave it till its 3/4th done. In the mean time, preheat oil in a pan, splutter mustard and cumin seeds, add chopped onion and saute for few minutes till it becomes transparent. Now add the washed/chopped methi leaves and saute till it is fully cooked. Add turmeric powder, curry powder and salt at this time. Add the 3/4th cooked potato pieces, sprinkle 1/4 cup (or required amount) of water and cook till potato turns golden brown. Garnish it with chopped green onion and serve it with roti/chapathi or with rice.

simple potato curry

When my husband leaves out of town on a business trip, I prefer eating some kind of tiffin for dinner and this is the time, I can explore some new side dishes. This is something my MIL used to make when nothing is available in fridge. Some how it takes just 10 mts to finish this side dish. I made this day before yesterday for dinner. My girls said, its little bit spicy but for me it was good. (:P) Here goes the recipe. Given quantity may be enough for one person (adult) and two kids :)

Ingredients:-

1. Potato - 2 (thinly sliced)
   
2. Carrot - 3/4 (slice it accordingly)
3. Onion - 1/2 (slice it accordingly)
   
4. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp (optional)
6. Salt to taste
7. Red chillies - 1/2 tsp (acc to taste)
8. cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
9. Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp (optional)
10. Coriander leaves - for garnishing
11. Oil - 1 1/2 tsp

Pre heat oil in a pan, splutter cumin and fennel seeds, add sliced onion and saute for few minutes. Add potato and Carrots to it, add turmeric, garam masala and red chillies powder along with salt and sprinkle a hand full of water. Mix everything and let it be there for few mts till all the veggies are cooked. Garnish it with coriander leaves. Enjoy it with roti or with rice.

Potato Curry

Potato - which is a favourite vegetable for all of us. Here are the main ingredients for the receipe...

Ingredints:-

1. Potato - 3-5 (washed)
2. Onion - 1 (if its big or 2 if its small)
3. Oil - 1 tbsp
4. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
5. Curry powder - 1 tsp
6. Salt to taste
7. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
8. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
9. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
   
10. Curry leaves - 10 nos.

First pressure cook the potato and cut them into pieces. If you want you can remove the skin. Take a wide pan, pre heat the oil add mustard seeds, when it splutters add cumin seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida powder. Now add the finely chopped onion. Stir it till the onion turns golden brown. Add the turmeric powder, salt and curry powder (see Receipe) and mix it thoroughly till the onion absorbs the flavour. Now add the cooked potato pieces to it and mix it carefully. Do not mash the potato while mixing. Make sure everything mixes well properly. Now potato curry is ready to serve. Garnish it with coriander leaves