Spicy Potatoes
September 25th, 2007 filed under Appetizers, Gluten Free, Vegan
Spicy potatoes are a great dish to serve for appetizer, snack or side dish.
Recipe will serve 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. make sure there is enough water in pot so potatoes are soaked. Boil the potatoes till they are tender but not mushy.
- After potatoes are cooked, drain the water and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high heat. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if it cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add cumin seed, and as cumin seeds crack add coriander, fennel seed, fenugreek seed and shredded ginger, stir fry for half a minute.
- Add potatoes and Stir-fry on medium high heat till they are light golden brown.
- Add salt, black pepper and green chili and roast another two to three minutes. Turn off the heat and add lemon juice and cilantro and mix. Serve hot.
- Adjust salt, lemon, and pepper to your taste.
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
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.
can we make of brown potatoes instead of red potataoes?
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 =)
hi your recipes r simply superb….keep it up
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.
hi manjula ji
i am north indian and liked ur recepies very nice keep it up
Fennel seed in hindi is saunf
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…
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.