Poori masala recipe easy yet the perfect choice for poori, made for each other. With step by step pictures of preparation. So simple yet perfect with poori and even dosa.
I never thought I should post this potato masala (poori kizhangu) for poori in my blog. But I realized people google specifically from my blog using my blog name. So thought I should post this soon and 2 weeks back, I made this for a weekend breakfast. So that it can be useful for people who are new to cooking, bachelors and those who want to learn some basic south Indian breakfast recipes. I hope newly married and who are interested in cooking and in a learning process may find this helpful.
I make this when I am lazy to make potato kurma / cauliflower kurma or mixed vegetable kurma for puri as my kid likes only kurma for puri. Even this poori kizhangu, he just calls as yellow kurma. I make this aloo masala with few variations and this is so versatile and use this as guidance you can make a lot of variations too according to your taste. I will mention the variations in the notes section.
This recipe is so simple without any strong masalas and packed with south Indian flavours. Do not under estimate the side dish. Just make sure to salt and add green chillies to balance the taste.
Poori masala recipe
Ingredients
- Potato - 4
- Onion - 3
- Green chilli - 4
- Chopped ginger - 1 tbsp
- Carrot - ½ chopped finely
- Turmeric - ¼ tsp
- Salt - As needed
- Sugar - ¼ tsp
- Water - 3 cups + as needed
- Corn flour - 1 tsp optional
To temper
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard - ½ tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Chana dal - 1 tbsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Instructions
- Wash and cut potatoes into 4 and pressure cook for 3 whistles with little water.
- Cool down, peel and keep it roughly mashed. Don't mash completely, just break into pieces roughly.
- Heat kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
- Add green chillies, ginger, thinly sliced onion (lengthwise) and fry until transparent. Take care not to burn it or change its colour. Just let it turn transparent.
- Add carrots and fry for a minute in medium flame.
- Add 3 cups water, turmeric, salt and sugar. Bring to boil.
- Add the mashed potatoes. You can mash one or two pieces completely to make the masala thick as it boils.
- Continue to boil for 10 minutes in medium flame or until the masala gets thick in consistency. You can add corn flour dissolved in 2 tbsp of water towards end to make the masala look homogeneously thick.
Video
Notes
- While boiling the masala wont be that yellow, but after cools down, it slowly gets more yellow, but add ¼ tsp as mentioned, otherwise it looks dull yellow.
- My chillies were spicy, so added 4, if not, add more, otherwise the masala will be bland.
- Instead of corn flour you can use besan/ chickpea flour/ kadalai mavu to thicken the masala.
- You can add a tsp of coconut oil for extra flavour.
- Other variations you can do:
*Add crushed garlic in place of ginger.
*Temper with cinnamon stick and use ginger garlic paste while frying onion and add ground coconut and cashews towards end to make it thick and rich.
* Add more vegetables like peas and beans along with carrot.
*Grind ginger and green chilli and add to the boiling masala.
How to make poori masala method:
- Wash and cut potatoes into 4 and pressure cook for 3 whistles with little water. Cool down, peel and keep it roughly mashed. Don’t mash completely, just break into pieces roughly. Heat kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
- Add green chillies, ginger, thinly sliced onion (lengthwise) and fry until transparent. Take care not to burn it or change its colour. Just let it turn transparent. Add carrots and fry for a minute in medium flame.
- Add 3 cups water, turmeric, salt and sugar. Bring to boil. Add the mashed potatoes. You can mash one or two pieces completely to make the masala thick as it boils.
Continue to boil for 10 minutes in medium flame or until the masala gets thick in consistency. You can add corn flour dissolved in 2 tbsp of water towards end to make the masala look homogeneously thick.
You can have this masala with poori, or even with chapathi or rava idli too. Use the left over masala for making masala dosa.
always a classic combo !
Thank you
I make similarly but never tried adding corn flour. must try this variation. Bright pictures !
Amazing combo, my all-time favorite
Dear Raks,
I have become a very big fan of your recipes and you too. I have tried most of your recipes , all of them have never failed…AAAAAwesome. Every time I think of posting a comment yet couldn’t do with my busy schedule (recently delivered a baby girl… its quite an excuse though…) . I really appreciate the efforts you take to post each recipe … Hats off to you Raks… keep posting..
Love the poori masala combo ..looks yumm
my favorite combo, love it 🙂
looks perfect and delicious …
anything made with potatoes are my fav….this is my all time fav…..easy and tastes great….nice clicks….
My Fav combo… drooling here
ever green favourite with poori…looks nice
I thought you are on diet 😉 . My favorite recipe for puri.
It looks very nice.
My family always like this kurma.
Wonderful combo. All time fav. Pretty clicks
My all time fav , simply awesome and beautiful click…
Thank you Priya for your lovely comments 🙂
nothing beats this combo.. Very nice clicks
delicious and yummy combo…..
Love this combo..
definetly am the one of searchers with above mentioned words.itz because all recipes when I tried from ur blog will never let me down….and your wonderful tips make me to feel easy….i tried ur curice and lemon rice akka it came out veryyyyy wellll my hubby loves to take it as a lunch…lots of thanks by heartly akka
Classic combination.. looks yummy!!
Made this today. Replaced corn flour with besan. Good one. Am your fan. 🙂
amma ellatha enaku amma samayal kathukudukkara mathiri unga blog .. whenever i start cooking first i see ur blog and then cook acc to ur step wise cooking .. learned lot from u thanks …keep posting
For years I have been making puri unsuccessfully! Your recipe made it perfect! Thank you!
good one
have tried most of the recipes from your blog. none of them failed. thanks a lot. pls could you post recipes on baking cakes in microwave only?
Hi Raks it is awsm. Ttried last day. Thanks.added some res crushed chilly while tempering and added some cow molk att end.good one tthank u once again
Hmmmmm yummy…….
have you ever tried aalo chana & suji halwa with puri's, famous as Lahori chikar cholay & halwa puri nashta, served with khata pyaaz, achar & lassi?
I like 2 make Indian recipes. Nd I appreciate the procedures of description by posting pic
Hai raks sister.i tried yesterday tis recipe…so yummy.thank you..so many recipes I tried..all come out very well thank u again…
I made this last week it was great, in replace of corn flour I powdered Pottu Kadala.
Sooooo nice…. Thanks for receipe