Spicy Potatoes
September 25th, 2007 filed under Appetizers, 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.
Hello Aunty, I have a question to ask that is When ever I make poha, after washing it get sticky. I saw ur poha recepie each & every piece of poha was non-sticky . Can u please tell me what should I do to make poha non – sticky & good & How should I wash it ? Whenever I got o sabzu mandi (USA), number of times I bougt the poha but after wash it get sticky . Please tell me how should I wash the poha so that every piece dont get stick with each other?
Bhawna,
You need to use thick poha, that is the only poha will work. Other poha’s are too thin as soon you put the water thay will become sticky.
Bhawna
Also when you wash / soak the the thick poha, do so for only a very short amount of time… Less than a minute. This will help it to not get mushy and and to not stick together as well. After – drain well in a colander. After a few minutes, shake the colander to fluff it up.
I hope this helps!
hi aunty
in video u say 1tablespoon,but in down recipe u say 1 teaspoon. i dont
understand. please reaply
Auntie, I made the Mushrooms and peas recipe and your spicy potatoes recipe last night. Was so yummy and esy ! Thank you for all your work !
Excellent and delicious potaoes. Thank you
hi manjula!
your recepies are great and mouth watering!
Hi ma’am,
by Red potatoes, are you meaning the ‘sweet potatoes’ ?
Thank you.
Hi Anilz,
No,its not sweet potatoes.Red potatoes is a variety of potato available in american grocery stores.They are slightly mild and earthy in flavor.The name is due to their red skin.If in USA, you can easily find these in the sections where other potatoes, yams etc are kept.
I hope this helps
Thanks
In hindi they are “Lal Aloo” if that helps, but Tanvi is correct in her reply to you.
Hello,
Manjulaji i like your way of teaching for new generation/ students. Who donot know to cook. not to worry here is very good recipe for learn and cook. Thank madam it is wonderful job you are doing this type of service.
Hi Manjula!
I enjoy your recipes. However, my rotis still do not turn out as soft as I would like them though I seem to have followed your directions exactly. Please advise.
To make the rotis soft, knead the dough soft.
I faced the same problem, but that’s because I was not using atta( whole wheat flour). So to make rotis soft I’m adding 2 tablespoons of oil for dough made of 1 cup of all purpose flour. I fry the rotis on nonstick skillet and they are very good. When I cook rotis in advance, after frying, I just cover them with a clean kitchen towel immediately, the steam will keep them moist, I will heat them in microwave oven just before serving.