Alu Onion curry 4 / Puri Masal Curry

This curry is almost the same as the previous one. But this one is not dry . This is called puri masal, that is this curry is used as a side dish for poories. (A dish made out of wheat flour)

Ingredients.
1.Potatoes 4
2.Onion 1
3.green chillies 2
4.ginger one small piece
5.turmeric powder 1/2 t spoon
6.chilli powder 1/2 t spoon
7.mustard seeds 1/2 t spoon
8.curry leaves a few
9.channa daal 1/2 t spoon
10.cooking oil 1 table spoon
11.salt to taste (about 1/2 t spoon)

Boil the potatoes. peel the skin and mash it.
cut the onions, chillies and ginger into small pieces.
Pour the oil in a frying pan or a kadai or a iluppa chatti.
put the mustard seeds. when it splutters add the channa daal.
when it turns brown add the curry leaves, ginger , green chillies and onions. Add red chilli powder and stir well.
when it turns brown add the turmeric powder, salt and also the mashed potatoes. Mix well . Now add some water and let the curry boil. mix well and add some more water. let the curry boil well and become a curry with thick gravy. switch off the stove.

Alu Onion curry 4

Ingredients

1. Potatoes 4
2. Onion 1
3. green chillies 2
4. ginger one small piece
5. turmeric powder 1/2 t spoon
6. chilli powder 1/2 t spoon
7. mustard seeds 1/2 t spoon
8. curry leaves a few
9. channa daal 1/2 t spoon
10. cooking oil 1 table spoon
11. salt to taste (about 1/2 t spoon)

Boil the potatoes. peel the skin and mash it.
cut the onions, chillies and ginger into small pieces.
Pour the oil in a frying pan or a kadai or a iluppa chatti.
put the mustard seeds. when it splutters add the channa daal.
when it turns brown add the curry leaves, ginger , green chillies and onions. Add red chilli powder and stir well.
when it turns brown add the turmeric powder, salt and also the mashed potatoes. Mix well and keep on the stove for five more minutes and the curry (dry) is ready.

Alu Curry 3

Ingredients

1. Potatoes 4
2. Green Chillies 3 or 4
3. Ginger a small piece
4. Lemon half
5. Coriander leaves
6. Curry leaves
7. Fresh grated coconut (optional)
8. Mustard seeds 1/2 t spoon
9. Channa daal (kadalai paruppu) 1 t spoon
10. Turmeric Powder (optional) 1/2 t spoon
11. Oil 1 Table spoon
12. Salt to taste (approx 1 t spoon)

Boil the potatoes or pressure cook it after cutting into pieces.

Remove the skin and mash the cooked potatoes.

Take a Frying pan or a kadai or a iluppa chatti. Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds. let it splutter. add the channa dal. when it turns brown add the curry leaves, cut green chillies and cut ginger.Turn it well. Now add the mashed potatoes , turmeric powder and salt. Mix the curry well. Add grated coconut (optional) and mix well. switch off the stove. (This curry need not be on the stove for long. It should be kept till everything is mixed well and properly.)

Now (after switching off the stove) add the lemon juice (after removing the seeds from the lemon) and coriander leaves and mix it well. Curry is ready.

Alu Curry 2

True to what I said in my earlier recipe I will follow my own methodology to write this.
Ingredients

1. potatoes
2. cooking oil
3. salt
4. chilli powder
5. turmeric powder
6. mustard seeds

In my recipes curry means dry curry and not with a gravy.

This curry is called in our home as 'gundu' urulai curry which roughly means fat and round potato curry .
Take 4 to 5 medium sized potatoes and cut into 8 pieces and boil them well in water. It is better if you pressure cook it. Give 2/3 whistles in the cooker.
The potatoes should be well cooked.
Remove the skin and then cut the potatoes into smaller pieces roughly about 1 and 1/2 inch cubes.
Take a frying pan or kadai or iluppa chatti and put one and half to two table spoons of cooking oil.
Put 1/2 t spoon of mustard seeds and let it splutter.
Now put the peeled cut potatoes and add salt (roughly 1/2 t spoon) or according to taste, 1 t spoon of red chilli powder and 1/2 t spoon of haldi powder (turmeric powder). Cover the dish with a lid and keep the stove in medium/low flame. Keep stirring the curry without damaging the potatoes ( without smashing them). when the potatoes turn golden brown switch off the stove and curry (dry) is ready.
This can be done with another type of potatoes which is called gola potatoes which are round and small. These can be boiled or pressure cooked and peeled and made into curry directly without cutting them.