Special potato curry with fresh masala to make a spicy and flavorful curry served as accompaniment for South Indian lunch.
Hope you all friends had a safe and great Diwali! Here's some of the Diwali day photos to share with you. I made Chakli, Sev/ Ompodi, Thenkuzhal (its a kind of murukku) and in sweets-Badhusha and Gulab Jamoons...
This curry is different from the usual potato curry we make and this one uses freshly ground masala.
My mother-in-law learnt this recipe from a Cookery show and she makes this very often. This is very flavorful one...Try this you will surely like!
Apart from flavor and taste, the spices we add in the curry helps balancing the gastric quality in potato.
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Special potato curry with fresh masala
Ingredients
- 2 Potato
- 1 Onion
- ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- Salt
- 1 teaspoon Coconut oil optional
To Grind:
- 2 flakes Garlic
- ½ tablespoon Coriander seeds
- 2 tablespoon Coconut
- 3 Red chillies
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper whole
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
To Temper:
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 tablespoon Oil
Instructions
- Peel the potato skin firstly, wash and cut into 1 inch pieces as shown in the picture. Keep immersed in water till you use.
- Cut onion length wise and keep aside.
- Grind the ingredients under the "To Grind" table , without adding water.
- Heat oil in kadai and add mustard, urad dal and then add curry leaves.
- Add onion, fry till onion turns out golden brown.
- Then add the cut potatoes, salt and turmeric and fry in medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the ground masala powder and add enough water to the potato to get cooked.
- Mix well and cook cover with a lid in a medium flame, till the potato gets cooked. Keep turning in between to avoid burning.
- After potato gets cooked, fry till water evaporates completely and curry should be dry.
- Mix well and cook cover with a lid in a medium flame, till the potato gets cooked. Keep turning in between to avoid burning.
- After potato gets cooked, fry till water evaporates completely and curry should be dry.
- If desired add coconut oil at the end and transfer to the serving bowl
Notes
- Make sure to grind the masala coarsely. Then only it will not stick to kadai while cooking.
- Do not add more garlic than mentioned
- Instead of cumin, if you like fennel seeds flavour, you can add it as well.
- A tomato can be added after frying onion.
Step by step
Peel the potato skin, wash and cut into 1 inch pieces as shown in the picture. Keep immersed in water till you use.
Cut onion length wise and keep aside.
Grind the ingredients under the "To Grind" table , without adding water.
Powdered
Heat oil in kadai and add mustard, urad dal and then add curry leaves and onion, fry till onion turns out golden brown.
Then add the cut potatoes, salt and turmeric and fry in medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
Add the ground masala powder and add enough water to the potato to get cooked.
- Mix well and cook cover with a lid in a medium flame, till the potato gets cooked. Keep turning in between to avoid burning.
- After potato gets cooked, fry till water evaporates completely and curry should be dry.
Mix well and cook cover with a lid in a medium flame, till the potato gets cooked. Keep turning in between to avoid burning.
After potato gets cooked, fry till water evaporates completely and curry should be dry.
If desired add coconut oil at the end and transfer to the serving bowl and serve as accompaniment for rice!
Purnima says
The Diwali treats made by you is adorable! The kolam so neat n symmetrical! Loved this potato curry frm ur mil, tks for sharing! HAPPY DIWALI to u n urs, Rajeshwari!
Karthika G says
Excellent aroma and taste due to the masala. Thank you for your recipe with clear cut image details,
LG says
Rangoli is very neat and nice fantastic, goodies look crisp n nice. Potato curry masala is a winner, potato is so versatile, you just have to be creative with masalas I think 🙂 Trust you had wonderful Deepavali!
Nags says
the potato curry looks awesome! hope you had a great diwali 🙂
Priti says
Happy Diwali dear...your spread looks so wonderful and the koolam is very nice...coming back to potato curry..looks nice..thansk for sharing
Priti says
Both the potpuris are from IKEA dear and so the tea lights...I dnt knw what's there to mind in this anyway ;)..hehe I keep forgetting u r frm SG too..why don't you join our orkut community? What's your mail id will love to interact with u more if u dnt mind.
Laavanya says
All your Diwali treats look perfect Raks 🙂
That potato curry looks warm,spicy & yummy.
Kitchen Flavours says
Ima ready with Roti, pass on the curry please. The pic is making me hungry. Simple and yummy recipe.
Jaishree says
The potato curry looks awesome..hope you had a wonderful diwali!
n33ma says
Good curry will surely try.
Dibs says
Nice masala for potato! Hope you has a great Diwali!
Sia says
wonderful diwali treats with beautiful rangoli. and the potato curry looks equally delicious. belated diwali wishes.
anudivya says
Everything just looks so eye catching! Diwali sweets and snacks are just way too good.
DEESHA says
wow nice curry .. i havent tried this .. looks colorful N nice
AnuSriram says
Those treats look great! Hope u too had a wonderful diwali.. The potato curry looks delicious..
Cham says
Wow, I just want to grab ur snacks and the sweet too. I love Badusha , did u made it? Lovely potato curry
raaji says
vow made a whole lot of things for diwali......gr8 ....the curry is soooo colorful.....looks tempting....nice pic
Kalai says
Hope you had a wonderful Deepavali! You should post the recipes for those goodies. About the potato curry, it is simply delectable. Bookmarked! 🙂
Andhra Flavors says
All your Diwali treats look perfect.
RAKS KITCHEN says
Hi Cham,
I did made badhusha at home,I took the recipe from Jasu's blog...Here's the link
Uma says
potato curry definitely looks great and aromatic with all those spices. Bookmarked.
Lovely treats for Diwali! and the rangoli looks beautiful too.
Lissie says
Raks, you are an expert at putting Kolam! the potato curry is really tasty and I'm going to try it... 🙂
Malar Gandhi says
Wow.....Oma podi is such an interesting snack. Thenkuzhal, murukku, badhusha...everything sounds great! Maakkolam looks wonderful too! Belated Diwali wishes.
n33ma says
Have one award awaiting to be received by you.
Seena says
Looks wonderful Raji, especially loved that curry pic. how are u Raj, hope u had a wonderful Diwali ! 🙂
Daily Meals says
Diwali snacks look great...beautiful colam...Like the spicy potato curry...
jeyashri says
hi
U have a nice blog.
I am also in SG.
Many recipes which i wanted to try and have some doubts abt that are now solved to a greater extent on seeing ur blog.Potato curry is really yummy.
Uj says
Potato curry looks yummy...:)
Sophie says
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Priya says
Hi,
The Diwali maakolam looks amzing. I make a similar kolam too. Can u pls tell me how did u make the perfect circle in the outer boundary? Do u use some thing to make tht or is it freehand?
RAKS KITCHEN says
Hi Priya,thanks for the nice words, I dont use anything for making that circle free hand only,I have made this kolam so many times,so through practice it comes out good. 🙂
RENU says
hi Raks
i made potato curry today...seeing ur recipe...i lived it.....thanks.......this is a good version...
gayathri says
hi Raks,
I tried both potato and raw banana with this grounded masala, it was so good, Can I try it with Cabbage ?
Raks anand says
You can try, I haven't though 🙂
Farida says
Hi, can you give a quick fix for the grinding masala if i added water (without reading the whole post 🙁 ).
the whole thing is watery and now what to do?? 🙁
Raks anand says
Thats fine if you add water and grind. Later we are adding water to cook right, so adjust with that.