Potato Curry

 I have already posted an easy potato curry but this is one is even more easier and tastes different.

Potato Curry

Ingredients

1. Potatoes cut into bug cubes - 2 medium

2. Green chilly sliced - 2 number

3. Ginger sliced - a small piece(Optional)

4. Garlic chopped - a tspn (Optional)

5. Onion sliced - 2 small ones 

6. Mustard, dried chilly, curry leaves - as required

7. Coconut powder - 2 tablespoon dissolved in warm water

8. Pepper powder - 1 tspn

8. Garam masala - 1 tspn (Optional)

Method

Place the potatoes, green chilies, half of the sliced onion and ginger in a pressure cooker with 1 cup of water. Adjust the cooking time as per the pressure cooker. (Instapot - 10 minutes). Meanwhile, splutter the mustard seeds along with the red chilly and curry leaves.. Sauté the remaining onions along with the garlic and then add the pepper powder. Once the potato is done, smash it up a little leaving a few cubes intact and add the coconut milk. Mix this with the sautéed ingredients and finally add the garam masala. The original recipe did not have the ingredients marked optional. So you can try both ways. I prefer this one.

 Enjoy!

Puri and an Easy Potato Curry

It is not everyday that I let my household indulge in puri. But it is a favourite and the easiest curry that you can make with it is the potato curry.

Now if one asks me which is the best puri that you have indulged in, then there is one answer.. those from the Indian Coffee House! Ahh... how many of you have tasted it? As children, during our long trips to Mavelikara or Trivandrum, a stop at Changanacherry Coffee House was a must. Recently I relived the memories by stopping at Ponkunnam Coffee House. The potato curry still tastes the same. The one I make at home "almost" tastes similar but without the beetroot, the riot of color is missing. I learned this recipe from my MIL who picked it up during her stay in the once thriving township of Gwalior Rayons at Mavoor, Calicut. The township housed Indians from all over the country and hence there was variety in the cuisine. Since it tasted similar to the one at the Indian Coffee House and was an easy one, I have never tried the one my Mother makes at home. She always makes the drier version which is also similar to the Masala Dosa filling. This potato curry is very easy. All you need is to chop, chop, chop and put, put, put everything into a vessel with enough water. There is no sauteing and meanwhile you can prepare the puri for frying.

Since Puri Recipe is common, I am only going to give you a link to another site.

Potato Curry

Ingredients

1. Potato - 4 medium ones, chopped into pieces
2. Big onions - 2 Nos. - finely chopped
3. Green Chilly - 3 or 4 depending on your taste, sliced lengthwise
4. Ginger - 1/2 inch - finely chopped
5. Tomato - 2 nos. - chopped into small pieces
6. Mustard - 1/2 tspn
7. Small Onions - 4-5 finely sliced
8. Red Chilly - 1
9. Curry leaves - a few
10. Coriander leaves - a small bunch

Method

Put all the items from 1-5 into a vessel and pour enough water to cover the potatoes. Once it starts boiling, add enough salt and lower the flame. When potato is cooked, add the coriander leaves and lightly mash a few pieces of potato to make the curry thick. Switch off the flame and in another pan splutter mustard seeds in 2 tbspn of oil. Add the red chilly, onions and curry leaves and fry until the onions are browned. Pour this over the curry and enjoy!