Plain Potatoes curry

Ingredients

• ½ kg of potatoes
• 1 tomato peeled with skin removed and diced
• 3-4 curry leaves
• A pinch of mustard seeds
• A pinch of onion seeds/nigella seeds
• A pinch of cumin seeds
• 1 tsp of crushed chilli
• ½ tsp of turmeric powder
• 1 clove of garlic crushed
• ¼ tsp of mango pickle
• 3 tbsp of oil

Garnish:

Coriander leaves , green chillies, pinch of gram masala powder/all spices, salt to taste

Method

Step 1

Peel the potatoes, finely slice them. Heat a pan put oil, now add mustard seeds, onion seeds, cumin seeds curry leaves let them crackle and stir for a few seconds then add sliced potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, fry them, be on medium or low flame don’t burn them otherwise the taste can turn bitter. Add crushed chilli flakes, haldi/turmeric powder and ½ tsp of salt. Put 2 cups of water, cover it and leave it on a low flame to cook for 15 minutes. Mash the potatoes when they are done with the back of spoon whilst stirring the curry. In the end add mango pickle. Its better/all spices not to add too much of pickle otherwise the curry will taste tangy.

Step 2

Lastly, garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves, green chillies and garam masala (all spices). Serve it with purl (deep fried bread) and halva (sweet dish). Kachori (stuffed bread which is deep fried)