Madurai Urulai Pottalam Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with potato, Besan and Garam masala. This recipe is popular in a local madurai hotel.
Spicy Potato Podimas
I came across this recipe few days ago and immediately wanted to try it. Because potato is my all time favorite veggie.
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This is a madurai special recipe. I have never tasted it before, but for your information i am telling a few information about this which i learnt online. This is served from orginal nei mittai kadai shop which is near west gopuram tower. It is a super spicy potato dish which taste great with curd rice, rasam rice and sambar rice.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Ingredients for Spicy Potato Podimas
- Potato - 3 large boiled and peeled
- Oil - ¼ cup
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chilli - 2
- Curry leaves - 2 sprig
- Garlic - 6 cloves chopped
- Onion - 1 large chopped finely
- Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu - 2 tbsp
- Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
How to make Spicy Potato Podimas
- Heat oil in a kadai, add in mustard, urad dal, fennel, dry chilli, curry leaves and let it sizzle.
- Add in garlic and saute for a min.
- Add in onions and saute for 5 mins or so.
- Add in potatoes and mix well. Use your spatula to break the potatoes into small pieces.
- Add salt and chilli powder and mix well.
- Add in garam masala powder and mix well. Cook for 5 mins or so.
- Add in gram flour and mix well. Roast this for 5 to 8 mins,
- Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve.
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Madurai Urulai Pottalam Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 large Potato boiled and peeled
- ¼ cup Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
- 2 Dry Red Chilli
- 2 sprig Curry leaves
- 6 cloves Garlic chopped
- 1 large Onion chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu
- Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
Instructions
- Heat oil in a kadai, add in mustard, urad dal, fennel, dry chilli, curry leaves and let it sizzle.
- Add in garlic and saute for a min.
- Add in onions and saute for 5 mins or so.
- Add in potatoes and mix well. Use your spatula to break the potatoes into small pieces.
- Add salt and chilli powder and mix well.
- Add in garam masala powder and mix well. Cook for 5 mins or so.
- Add in gram flour and mix well. Roast this for 5 to 8 mins,
- Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve.
Nutrition
Madurai Urulai Pottalam Recipe step by step picture
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Sangeetha Rajasegaran
Thank you for the recipe. Being a potato freak myself, this dish has become my favorite one. You are one amazing cook Ms Aarthi .👍🏽
Venky Iyer
wonderful recipe and a favorite of mine since childhood . will try it out for myself . excellent pictures and instructions !