Name: Batata Song
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 large red onions, chopped; 4 medium potatoes, boiled, peeled, and cut into ½-inch (1-cm) cubes; 2 teaspoons tamarind paste; 3 tablespoons coconut oil (see Notes); 8 to 10 dried red chiles, preferably bedgi (see Notes), stemmed, seeds removed; 1 teaspoon table salt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

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

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