Potato Kurma Recipe with step by step pictures. Aloo kurma or Urulaikilangu kurma is made using potatoes, onions and coconut masala cooked together to create a curry. This goes well with chapati, appam, idiyappam even idli or dosa.
Potato kurma is a spicy coconut based curry made by sauteing onions, potatoes and tomatoes in oil. The curry is thickened with a coconut masala which is made by grinding coconut with cinnamon, fennel seeds, pori kadalai, khus khus, chillies and melon seeds. The curry taste great with appam, idiyappam and chapati.
Potato Kurma is a popular south indian dish which is famous in hotels in india.
I had a bunch of potatoes, so decided to use that fast in the recipe so nothing gets wasted and bad. This is the first recipe which i made and it turned out yummy. It tasted yummy with roti.
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How to Make Potato Kurma
- Take all ingredients for grinding in a blender and puree till smooth.
- Now heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add onion and tomato and saute for 2 mins. Add potatoes, salt and water and pressure cook for 3 whistle. Now turn off the heat and let the steam go by itself.
- Now add the ground masala and mix well. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 5 mins.
- Add coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve.
Version 2: Potato Peas Kurma Recipe
This is one curry which i make very often, but somehow i missed to share it here. Few days back i made this for dinner..Many of you have been asking me to share this recipe as soon as i shared the image on instagram. So here i am sharing you the recipe for simple potato kurma..
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take coconut in a blender |
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| add in poppy seeds |
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| Make it into as smooth puree..set aside |
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| Heat oil in a pan, add in cumin, fennel and cinnamon |
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| let them sizzle for a min |
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| add in onions and chillies |
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| Saute them well |
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| Add in salt |
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| Mix well..cook till golden brown |
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| Add in ginger garlic paste |
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| mix well |
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| add in tomato puree |
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| Cook till oil separates |
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| Add in spice powders |
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| Mix that around |
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| Add in coconut paste |
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| mix well |
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| cook till oil separates |
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| add in potatoes |
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| mix well |
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| add water |
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| pour the mix to a pressure cooker and cook |
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| now it is done |
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| add in peas..this is frozen so i am using it in the last, if you are using fresh add it with the potatoes |
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| mix well and simmer it for few more mins |
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| finally add in coriander leaves and mix well |
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| Serve |
Version 3: Urulaikilangu Kurma Recipe
Potato kurma with roasted coconut and spices.
Amma makes this korma whenever she do appam for us. This is her signature dish which pairs excellent with that spongy appam. Because I have never seen her making this any other day other than those days.
How could I not add this in my blog. I was asking amma the recipe and one fine day amma made appam with curry and I clicked photos of that. If you are wondering about the recipe of appam, Its for my next post. So wait for it.
I cook lots of continental and western foods, but there is some kind of joy which clings to me when I prepare traditional foods from my house. Yes we have lots of tradition in our house, everything comes around food.
Magic of roasting spices
I love to see the magic that happens in the kadai while I make or roast spices. While doing that a wonderful aroma fills the entire house and my little sister peaks her nose in the kitchen and realises “ok there is something special today”. So She always ask me “Akka what are you cooking today”. I always tell her “Ah..A special dish”.. But I never tell the name of that until the dish is over and photos are clicked.
Ok this is one of that kind of dish, here the spices are roasted and ground which gives an awesome flavour to this dish. So with no more delay, off you go to the step by step recipe with pictures.
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Potato Kurma Recipe | Aloo Kurma Recipe | Urulaikilangu kurma
Ingredients
HOTEL STYLE POTATO KURMA
- Onion - 1 chopped
- Tomato - 2 chopped
- Potato - 3 peeled and chopped
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Water as needed
- Coriander leaves a small handful chopped
For Grinding
- Coconut - 1 cup grated
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small piece
- Roasted Gram Dal / Pottu Kadalai - 1 tsp
- Poppy seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 1 tsp
- Ginger - 2 tsp chopped
- Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves
- Dry Red Chilli - 4 to 5
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
POTATO PEAS KURMA RECIPE
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 cm stick
- Onion - 1 large chopped finely
- Green Chilli - 2 slit
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Tomato Puree - 2 large pureed
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera Podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Green peas - 1 cup i used frozen
- Potato - 2 large peeled and cubed
- Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
For Grinding
- Coconut - 1 cup grated
- Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 1 tblspn
URULAIKILANGU KURMA RECIPE
- Onion-1 sliced
- Potato- 3 large cubed
- Salt to taste
- Oil-1 tbspn
For Roasting & Grinding
- Coconut-1 cup grated
- Dry Red Chilli-3
- Coriander seeds / Malli-2 tblspn
- Cinnamon / Pattai -1 inch stick
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Peru Jeerakam- 2 tblspn
- Oil-1 tblspn
Instructions
HOTEL STYLE POTATO KURMA RECIPE
- Take all ingredients for grinding in a blender and puree till smooth.
- Now heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add onion and tomato and saute for 2 mins. Add potatoes, salt and water and pressure cook for 3 whistle. Now turn off the heat and let the steam go by itself.
- Now add the ground masala and mix well. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 5 mins.
- Add coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve.
POTATO PEAS KURMA RECIPE
- Take coconut and khus khus in a blender and make it into a fine puree. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in cumin, fennel, cinnamon and let it sizzle.
- Add in onions and cook till golden. Add in chillies and mix well. Add in salt and mix well
- Add in ginger garlic paste and cook for a min or so.
- Add in tomato puree and cook till oil separates from the mix.
- Add in all the spice powders and mix well.
- Now add in the ground masala and cook till oil separates.
- Add in potatoes and mix well. Add in water and mix well.
- Transfer this to a pressure cooker and cook this for 2 whistle. Now simmer the flame and cook for 5 more mins. Now turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
- Open the cooker and add in peas and simmer for 2 more mins.
- Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve with roti
URULAIKILANGU KURMA RECIPE
- Heat oil in a kadai, Add all the roasting ingredients and roast till it turns dark in colour.Now allow this to cool down, Take it in a blender and make it into a fine paste. Set this aside.
- Now heat 1 tblspn of oil in a kadai. Add in onions and fry for a min. Add in potatoes and fry for 3 mins. Season with salt and mix well.
- Pour enough water so that the potatoes are completely immersed. Bring this to boil and simmer covered for 20 mins until the potatoes are cooked.
- Add the ground masala in this and mix well. Simmer this for 5-10 mins, Check for seasoning and switch off the flame. Serve hot with roti, dosa, rice or anything. But this taste great with Appam.
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Dottie
THis looks delicious!! Did you put the chili pods into the blender whole, seeds, stems and all? Is this very spicy?
Aarthi
Dottie..Thanks for your comment..Yes I added every part of the chillies in..If you wish you could deseed it and add..you can reduce the amount of chilli as per your taste.I
I made it little spicy for me..And also the spiciness depends upon the chilli which you use..Some are spicier and some are milder.You can adjust as per your taste.
faseela
luks delicious
Chitra
Aarthi ur posts make me want to go back home....it reminds me of my mom's dishes...this is exactly how we make it too...
Deeksha
Gravy looks really very tasty. Thanks for sharing your Mom's recipe. Love to try this soon. Bookmarked.
Zainab
Hey Aarthi!!!! Thank u for dropping by. Its my first time here as well . Following you!!!
Mrs K
Thanks so much Arthi for following me,I am so glad to have found your blog,you have such excitingly yummy recipes,I have had a quick look through all the pictures and I am coming back to make some dishes from here.this recipe with roasted gram and potatoes is a killer,and appam with this is my absolute hot favorite:) I am following you back and look forward to more recipes from you!!!
StephenC
I am in the mood for some spice, some potato and some coconut. Is the coconut unsweetened? I won't see your reply unless you send it to [email protected]
Thanks
An Open Book
they would be absolutely perfect with appam..im drooling already
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious looking apam and korma. Already started to drool over here.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Tina
Soooo spicy and flavourful curry..Perfect side with appam..Yummm.
Nayana
Aarthi...great recipie.thanks for stopping by..following you too.
Aarthi
StephenC..yes the coconut is unsweetened..
Raji
Superb korma...wonderful flavours, your kadhai and pan looks rustic and beautiful.
Prathibha
very delicious curry..looks perfect
Ushnish Ghosh
Dear Arthi
I feel good reading your comment at my blog and delighted that you are following my blog.
I cant access blog from Sahara desert. I can open some times , but the pictures dont open..very sad. I shall make it up when I am back, I can see the headings and you have very nice recipes.
Have a great week
Christy
This looks very spicy to me!:p
Pushpa
Delicious recipe..
kitchen queen
Hi thanks for visiting my blog and giving a lovely comment.you too have a nice blog with good recipes.
Treat and Trick
What a fabulous gravy! Thanks so much for stopping by and joining in my blog, look forward to reading your yummy post...
Chandrani
Potato curry looks so creamy and delicious.
Reva
Potato kuzhambhu looks super yum... perfect with anything..:) Loved it..
Reva
Kaveri
I too love cooking traditional age old recipes...This one sounds so flavorful and aromatic
Priya
Wat a flavourful kurma,seriously i can have it with anything.
Jay
wow..great combo of flavors..thanks for sharing aarthi..;)
Tasty Appetite
Nicole Gamble
Great recipe ! I made it! It`s delicious!!! Thanks for sharing!
Inside a British Mum's Kitchen
I can just smell these potatoes cooking!! Delicious - love the photos and the recipe sounds divine 🙂
Mary x
Kristen
Such a tasty combination. YUM!!
Now Serving
Yummy recipe; super cute pot and love the super cute dog on your profile 🙂
Becky
Thank you for stopping by my blog, and leaving your kind words. I love all of the wonderful spices in this dish.
Jenn "Rook No. 17"
Aarthi, this dish looks absolutely incredible!
Manju
I am pretty sure that this is a kind of kurma that my neighbor used to make for us sometime and I used to love it! Thanks for the recipe..im gonna try making this soon!
anthony stemke
This looks fabulous, love the sauce.
Anonymous
The potato curry would be perfect with rava dosa....perfect:)
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Teena Mary
Looks so yummy...Mouth watering !! You have a good collection of recipes Aarthi:) An award is waiting for you at my space:) Check out this link & grab it: http://teenzyummydelights.blogspot.com/2011/11/liebster-blog-award.html
Kurmafan
Hi arthi... tried this last night... it was awesome...added fresh green peas too and had it with chapatis. It was yummmmmo... Thanks for this super simple and tantalizingly tasty curry... This is gonna take place frequently in our menu...
bincy
your cooking pots are so lovely. i want them.. where do u buy that from?
Aarthi
@bincyI got it from my super market called lynns here in nagercoil.
susi
hi aarthi akka..2day mrng i tried this kurma...it really taste so good..thanQ for this recipe ... 🙂
SEEMA SHARMA
Hi aarthi...cn we use decicated coconut instead of fresh cocont
Aarthi
@SEEMA SHARMAyes u can use desicated coconut
Meenakshi P
hi aarthy i am regular viewer of ur blog .i tried this kurma .it really came out nice.all my family members liked it.keep posting new recepies.
thank you.
Archana Swaminathan
I tried this today.. It is actually a Superb hit in my family.. And from now onwards I will be a regular visitor to your blog..
Raji
looks yum. Plz tell me doesnt it need any tempering?
Aarthi
no need for tempering. but if you wish you can add
Elakya Arul
Hi Aarthi, Tried this recipe today.. It was tasty.. Thanks for the recipe