Puri Potato Masala - a variation
Potato Side dish for Puri
Recipe by christy gerald of Dubai, AE
This masala is an accompaniment to Puri in TamilNadu.Rarely Puri misses this taste-match(side dish).Many Tamilians add tomato to add taste and flavour.Try this once with Puri and U will ask both more.Here is the recipe.
Ingredients
vegetarian
4 servings
- 2 big potatoes
- 1 big onion,sliced lengthwise
- 1 small size tomato-sliced or 1/2 big tomato-sliced
- 1/4 tsp grated ginger
- 3 green chillies,slit lengthwise
- a pinch of turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tsp split chanadal(kadalai paruppu)
- 1/2 tsp split uraddal(optioal)-skinless
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- few coriander leaves
- a pinch of asafoetida(optional)-little only
- 250 ml water
- 1 1/2 tsp salt or needed as per taste
Directions
- Pressure cook potatoes upto 4 whistles with water covering the potatoes.Leave this for sometime to release the pressure.Peel off the skin and cut into cubes.Mash 1/3rd of the boiled potatoes.
- Heat oil in a kadai.Add mustard seeds,split uraddal(optional),split chanadal,asafotida(optional),cumin seeds and curry leaves.
- Add grated ginger,slit green chillies and onion slices.Saute till this turns little brown.
- Then add tomato slices and saute this till tomato begins to melt.
- Add the boiled potato pieces and the mashed potato pieces together with turmeric powder and salt.Let this cook for a minute.
- Add water and chopped coriander leaves.Mix this well.Let this cook 3-4 mins till this thickens.
- Puri Masal is ready to accompany Puri now.