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Thursday, August 23, 2012

MASALA POTATO [ CURRY FOR CHAPATHI ]

Ingredients - 

  • potato - 1/4 kg
  • tomatoes - 2
  • clove [lavangam]  - 2 
  • ginger - 1/2 inch
  • chinnamon stick [dhalchina chekka] - 1/2 inch 
  • cilantro springs 
  • grated dry coconut - 7 tsp
  • salt as per taste
  • white poppy seeds - 2 tsp
  • garlic - 8 
  • onion - 3
  • red chilli powder - 1 tsp 
  • oil - 5 tsp 
Method of preparation - 
  • Peel and remove ends and  finely chop onions
  • Wash and chop tomatoes
  • Boil and peel and cut into slices potatoes
  • Peel and slice garlic and ginger 
  • Preheat the vessel and add kas kas /poppy seeds  fry them for two mint's and remove from heat into a plate 
  • Heat oil 1 tsp in the same pan , when hot add all spices one by one [ clove ,dhalchina chekka ]saut'e for a few second's and take in the same plate 
  • Add 3 tsp of oil to the same pan , add chopped onions and saute till they turn to golden brown. 
  • In mortar / rolu smash clove and dhalchina chekka 
  • Grind fried poppy seeds into a fine paste , and add  
  • 3/4 of  the fried  onions , garlic ,ginger , little salt into a smooth paste with out adding water . 
  • Add this grounded masala to the left  fried  onions , saute till it is lightly brown ,thick and cooked well ,it will take 5 to 8 mint's on medium flame , keep stirring [in between lower the flame so that the base doesn't burnt]
  • Add chilli powder ,salt[see and put salt as we added in masala] and chopped tomatoes stir so that it won't burnt ,saute for few seconds and add boiled and peeled potatoes and mix well for few more seconds on a medium flame .
  • Add 1 glass of water , cook for10 mints by closing the lid on simmer flame ,stir in between   cook till it forms like a gravy .
  • finally add cilantro springs .
  • Serve hot with roti or chepathi or poori 


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