Potato-Tomato Curry
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: Potato recipies, sambar/Curry/Huli, side dish for Idli/Dosa
Ingredients
- 4 medium potatoes (boiled and slightly mash with hand roughly to form small chunks)
- 1 large onion chopped finely
- 3 cloves garlic finely minced
- 1" ginger finely minced
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 dry red chillis
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 2 green chilli slit length wise
- 1 tsp red chilli pwd (adjust according to your choice)
- 1 tbsp coriander pwd
- 1/2 tsp cumin pwd
- 1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
- salt to taste
- 3 medium sized tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tbsp oil
- chopped coriander leaves for garnish
- 1 tsp jaggery or sugar (optional)
Directions
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Heat oil in a cooking vessel and add the mustard seeds and let them pop.Now add the red chillis and curry leaves and stir fry for a few seconds till the flavors are released in the oil.Now add onions,ginger and garlic and saute till the onions turn light brown.Add the green chillis and all the pwds.Combine.
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Add the tomatoes and stir fry till the oil seperates and it gets mushy.
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Add the potatoes and combine and keep covered with a lid on low heat for 3-4 minutes.
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Remove lid and cook further for another 3-4 mts stirring once in a while.
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Add salt and enough water to cover the potatoes.
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Bring to a boil and let it simmer on low heat till you get the desired curry consistency.Finally add the jaggery/sugar and combine.Turn off heat.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
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Serve hot with rotis/chapatis/steamed white rice.