Sanjeev Kapoor

Batata Song

Onions and potatoes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

  • About

My colleague Neena Murdeshwar makes this dish extremely well, and if she cooks it at home, she’s expected to bring a handsome portion of it for all of us in the office. Serve this dish with puris or chapatis.

Ingredients

  • 8 to 10 dried red chiles, preferably bedgi (see Notes), stemmed, seeds removed
  • 2 teaspoons tamarind paste

Method

  1. Place a small nonstick sauté pan over medium heat. Let it heat for 2 minutes, then lower the heat to low and add the chiles; dry-roast for 30 seconds. Transfer to a mini food processor and add the tamarind along with ½ cup (100