Potato Podimas:
Potato is a very versatile vegetable, with lovers world wide. It is a vegetable that is loved by kids and adults alike. Potato podimas is a very simple dish, that can be prepared easily if you have boiled potatoes ready in hand. A very flavourful and delicious side dish, that pairs beautifully with plain rice and rasam and summa kuzhambu. The perfect comfort food for any season.
Ingredients:
Green Chillies – 1 or 2
Red chilli-1
Ginger – 1 inch
Onion 1 big size chopped
Oil – 3 tsp
Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp
Spilt Urad Dal – ½ tsp
Channa dal – 1 tsp
curry leaves
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Pressure cook the potatoes. Cool, remove skin and mash them coarsely add salt and mix it
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Heat a Kadai with oil, splutter mustard seeds, channa dal and urad dal. Once the dal turn golden add, chopped green chillies, grated ginger,chopped onion and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
Add mashed potatoes saute well.
Mix well and cook uncovered for 5 to 10 minutes in low flame.
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Remove from heat ,Mix and serve hot with rice and rasam or summa kuzhambu
It can be rolled in chappathi and stuffed in pooris to feed children.
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