Spicy Potatoes

September 25th, 2007 filed under Appetizers, Vegan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iem0zXQe9A

Spicy potatoes are a great dish to serve for appetizer, snack or side dish.

Serving for 4.

Ingredients:

• 3 medium red potatoes
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1 teaspoon crushed coriander seed
• 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seed
• 8 to 10 fenugreek seeds
• 1 teaspoon shredded ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 green chilis, seeded and sliced long ways
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Method:

Peel off some skin in stripes from the potatoes; leave some of the skin to provide color. Cut the potatoes into bite size cubes. In a pot, boil about four cups of water; add one teaspoon of salt and the cubed potatoes. Let boil on medium high; make sure there is enough water in pot so potatoes are soaked. Boil the potatoes till they are tender but not mushy. Drain the water.

Heat the oil in a frying pan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if it cracks right away oil is ready. Add the cumin seed, and as cumin seeds crack add coriander, fennel seed, fenugreek seed and shredded ginger, roast for half a minute and add potatoes. Stir-fry the potatoes till they are light brown. Add the salt, black pepper and green chili and roast another two to three minutes. Turn off the heat and add lemon juice and cilantro mix. Serve hot.

Adjust salt, lemon, and pepper to your taste.

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11 Responses to “Spicy Potatoes”

1. Zarna Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

   hey manjula, could you tell us a good recipe for pregnant women. My frineds are all married, and i would love to serve them some seriosuly healthy food for the still to come babies. Thanks

2. Savita Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 9:46 pm

   Namaste Manjula ji,

   your receipes are colourful, simple to make and mouth watering.

   can you post a receipe for baby corn please, either fry or gravy

   thanks
   savita

3. Jaya Says:
   June 19th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

   Hi Suhani:
   I use either kind of potato depending on what I have on hand. If you use the brown, you must peel the skin. The red potatoes, with the skin on, give a nice color to the dish.

4. suhani Says:
   June 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 am

   can we make of brown potatoes instead of red potataoes?

5. Lucy Says:
   May 28th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

   Manjula,

   I just found your page and boy oh boy I can’t wait to try several recipes! Thank you so much for showing us how to cook! Look forward to new receipes =)

6. rashmi Says:
   May 16th, 2008 at 11:37 am

   hi your recipes r simply superb….keep it up

7. Annette Says:
   May 1st, 2008 at 12:11 pm

   These ROCK! By the by, I used anise instead of fennel (because I had anise!) and it worked fine. I just made my second batch in two days…Yum yum yum.

8. monika Says:
   April 15th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

   hi manjula ji
   i am north indian and liked ur recepies very nice keep it up

9. Manjula Says:
   April 15th, 2008 at 7:53 pm

   Fennel seed in hindi is saunf

10. Hina Says:
    April 15th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Hello Aunti ji

    My question is what are fennel seed called in Hindi, its just that i am more familiar with hindi terminology when it comes to cooking…

    Thanking you once again…

11. Marci Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

    I’ve never made Indian food but I’m looking forward to trying your recipes. I love the videos and your web site. The potatoes look so good that now I’m hungry. In fact, everything you’ve made looks wonderful. I look forward to seeing more videos in the future.