Bombay Potatoes

I am a potato girl...I could not live without potatoes..I want it on my plate atleast twice a week...

Mostly it will some kind of poriyal which is just sauted potatoes with some indian spices...

Amma makes potato poriyal by just cooking potatoes in chilli powder and salt.She will cook it till the potatoes is little crispy..The trick is she starts making poriyal with a little oil..At the end of the dish she will add couple of good tblspn of oil and increase the heat to a high..This makes the potato nice and crispy....This is the common way for us to eat potato..

Todays dish is a special way to eat this dazzling universal potato...It can be called as spiced up potatoes...The spice level will be little high..Thats what takes this dish to the next level..

So here you go for the recipe..

Ingrediants:

Potato-3 large cubed and parboiled

Onion-1 sliced

Tomato-2 chopped

Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp

Mustard seeds / Kaduku-1 tsp

Fennel seeds / Sombu / Perujeerakam-2 tsp

Cinnamon / Pattao-1 inch piece

Ginger-1 tblspn chopped finely

Garlic- 1 tblspn chopped finely

Green chilli-1 chopped finely

Chilli powder -1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp

Curry leaves-1 spring

Coriander leaves / Cilantro-for garnishing

Salt to taste

Oil-3 tblspn

Method:

Heat some water in a saucepan and cook the cubed potatoes till half cooked..drain and set aside.

Heat oil in a kadai and crackle some fennel seeds and cinnamon..

Add in cumin seeds and mustard seeds...Add in ginger,garlic and green chilli and mix well..

Add in turmeric,chilli and coriander powder..Cook this for 30 sec..

Add in onions and cook for 3 mins..Add in cooked potatoes and mix well..So that each potato is coated with the masala..

Add in salt and a ½ cup of water..Cover and cook on a low flame for 10 mins..

Add in tomatoes and mix well...Cook this for 5 mins..

Add in curry leaves and cilantro...Toss well to coat..

Serve hot with rice and any curry..

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Crackle cinnamon and fennel

add in mustard and cumin

in goes ginger,garlic and chillies

now goes the spice powders...First turmeric powder

now chilli and coriander powder

add in onions..Cook for few mins

In goes half cooked potatoes

sprinkle in salt

and a splash of water

cover and cook

till the potatoes are done

now add in tomatoes and mix well

Throw in some curry leaves

and cilantro

mix well

Enjoy with rice...