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potato fry recipe

potato fry recipe | chettinad potato fry | baby potato fry

CuminPeppers
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine chettinad, Indian, South Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

For Roasting and grinding:

  • 2 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 Kashmiri red chilly
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp fennel
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 1 cardamom
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • few curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp dry coconut

For making potato fry:

  • 3 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • few curry leaves
  • 2 green chilly
  • 100 gram shallots(chopped) (or 1 onion)
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic crushed (or paste)
  • 500 gram potatoes(boiled)
  • 1 tomato (chopped)
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • salt to taste
  • coriander leaves for garnish

Instructions
 

To boil the potatoes:

  • In a pressure cooker add in washed potato and 1 tsp of salt and 2 cups of water
  • Pressure cook for 2 whistles
  • After pressure released naturally, take the potatoes and peel off and keep aside

For roasting and grinding:

  • In a pan, add in 2 tsp of coriander seeds, 1 Kashmiri red chilly, ½ tsp cumin, ½ tsp fennel, 1- inch cinnamon, 2 cloves, 1 cardamom, ½ tsp black pepper, few curry leaves, Fry it for a while in low flame
  • Turn off the flame, Let this mixture to cool
  • Then transfer this roasted mixture into a blender jar,
  • then add 1 tbsp of dry coconut
  • Blend into a fine powder

For making potato fry:

  • Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan, add ½ tsp of cumin seeds, let it crackle.
  • Then add 2 green chilly, few curry leaves
  • Next, add onion chopped, saute
  • Then 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste, add a little salt, saute it well until onion becomes slightly golden brown
  • Put chopped tomato and keep the flame low to cook the tomato becomes mashy.
  • Add in turmeric powder, salt, ground masala powder, give a good mix
  • Next, add in boiled potatoes, keep the flame until this mixture becomes dry
  • turn off the flame, garnish with coriander leaves.
Keyword baby potato fry, chettinad potato fry, potato varuval