Sunday, March 18, 2012

BABY POTATO FRY – MINT FLAVORED - NO ONION NO GARLIC

   It has been a very long time i have cooked baby potatoes. I have book marked this recipe from shanthi’s space and when i saw these cute potatoes few days ago in the vegetable shop i bought and made this for yesterday’s lunch and we enjoyed this delicious curry with mysore rasam(recipe coming soon).
baby potato
RECIPE SOURCE:SHANTHI'S THALIGAI
INGREDIENTS:
BABY POTATOES 20
MINT LEAVES 1 FISTFUL
CORIANDER LEAVES 1 FISTFUL
CUMIN SEEDS 1/4 TSP
GREEN CHILLI 1 NO
BLACK PEPPER POWDER 1/4 TSP
KASTURI METHI 1/2 TSP
SALT AS NEEDED
OIL 2 TBLSP
BABY POTATO CURRY
METHOD:
  • Boil the potatoes and peel the skin and prick them with a fork.
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  • Grind the mint leaves, coriander leaves and green chilies into a fine paste. Add salt to this and mix this with the boiled potatoes. Let this sit for 1/2 an hour in the refrigerator.
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  • In a pan, add oil and throw in the cumin seeds and when it crackles add the marinated potatoes.
  • Fry until you see the golden spot on the potatoes.
  • Add the pepper powder and the crushed kasuri methi to this and stir well.
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  • Enjoy with any rice. This can be had as a starter too.
baby potato
  • As we everybody were waiting to have food, i clicked only these 3 pictures. Will update with some good pictures when i make next time