Bombay Potatoes (Curry)

Member Name: angelic2004

Product:	Curry
Date:	18/01/09 (76 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick, simple, easy to make, made of potatoes, veggie alternative

Disadvantages: None come to mind.

Bombay Potatoes - to me this has always been fried potatoes and a dish we tend to eat every week. Have no idea why my brother has this with tomato sauce, like he does with many other dry dishes. I prefer it with fresh raita that cool spiced yogurt and cucumber mixture. In summer I love this with a slice of ripe mango.

Bombay Potatoes

Ingredients:

4 medium Red potatoes
2 tbsp of corn oil
¾ tsp of mustard seeds
⅓ tsp of turmeric
Salt to taste
1-2 tsps of green masala (Grind green chillies, garlic and ginger into tiny pieces)
1-2 tbsps of coriander leaves

Method:

1. Peel and chop potatoes into small cubes.

2. Heat oil in a frying pan, when oil is hot put mustards seeds into the pan and let them pop.

3. Popping over, put your potatoes into the pan and give it a quick stir to coat the oil and mustard seeds on the potatoes. Cover and let your potatoes cook in the steam at a low heat. Keep checking you potatoes give them a quick stir if they begin to stick to the pan, if you feel it is sticking a bit too much to the pan then add a little oil.

4. Check the potatoes see if it is partly cooked, you should be able to cut into a piece of potato easily. Now to season the potatoes, sprinkle salt to season, turmeric, and dependant on how hot you want this dish 1 - 2 teaspoons of green masala.

5. Mix the seasoning well and cover and let it cook further 5- 10 minutes until the potatoes are cooked. Potatoes appearance will be yellow in colour and will have little crispy edges.

6. Garnish with Coriander leaves and serve with pickle and chapattis

(Some people use red chilly powder instead of green masala but my dad is allergic and I find the powder ends up making the corners of my lips sore, so I tend to avoid it)

Tips:

A spatula is probably the ideal utensil to use as it helps you scrap it off the bottom of the pan and stir the potatoes.

Onions can be added to this dish. Sliced red onion is added after you put the potatoes in and are cooked at the same time. At the end of the dish it becomes fried onions giving a hint of its taste.

Baby or Jersey potatoes can be used with their skin on, just scrub clean and quarter them.

Summary: Shallow fried potatoes