POTATOE CURRY

This is boiled potatoe curry, which is a dry curry that goes along with roti or can also be stuffed in dosa for masala dosa.Easy to prepare and tastes good and Iam sure you will enjoy it with your family.

INGREDIENTS:

Potatoes-3Large(peeled and boiled)
Onion-1medium(thinly sliced)
Green Chilli-6medium/acc to your taste
Methi Leaves-1/4cup chopped(optional)

Tadka/Popu :

Oil-2tbspn
Chana Daal-2tspn
Urad Daal-1tspn
Cumin/Jeera-1tspn
Mustard/Aavalu-1tspn
Curry Leaves-10
Cilantro Chopped-1tbspn
Lemon juice-1-2tspn
Salt to Taste
Turmeric powder-1/4tspn


PROCESS:
-Clean potatoes and cut them into 1/4 size and boil them in water by adding salt to taste.Let them cool down ,peel the skin and mash/cut into 1-2inch size bite size pieces.
-Heat a pan and add oil.Add tadka ingredients and once they turn golden color add green chilli and onion and saute them till they turn soft and trasnparent.Add boiled potatoes ,mix well, cover and cook for few minutes(5-10) till potatoes absord the flavour .Open and check for salt if needed add litlle more accordingly and turn off and add chopped cilantro .

--Aloo Methi version

This recipe goes well with roti/chapati .Adding Methi/Menthi Kura leaves gives very good flavour to this curry .After adding boiled potatoes and cooking for about 5min add methi leaves ,cover and cook for about 5-8min untill done.

Hope you try this recipe and enjoy it !

BEERAKAYA THOKKU PACHADI

INGREDIENTS:

Beerakaya/ridge gourd pottu/skin-1cup
Roasted Peanuts-1/2cup
Garlic Cloves-5(minced)
Dry Red Chillies-6-8
Curry Leaves-2tspn
Chana Daal -1tbspn
Urad Daal-2tspn
Cumin/Jeera-2tspn
Soaked Tamarind-2tspn
Oil-1tspn
Salt to taste


PROCESS:
--Cook beerakaya pottu in a pressure cooker for 6whistles by adding 1-2tspn of water and keep it aside to cool down.
(you can place tamarind(seedless) along with pottu in the cooker)
--Meanwhile heat a pan and add oil to it .Addgarlic and roast then add jeera, urad daal, chana daal and roast them till they change color.
Then add red chilli and curry leaves and once they are roasted turn off the gas and let them cool.
--Once the ingredients are at room temperature first grind the dry mixture to powder and then add cooked pottu and grind to a rough paste without adding water.

Yummy beerakaya thokku pachadi is ready to serve with idly,dosa ,roti or warm rice.Enjoy!