Curried New Potatoes in their Jackets

Name: Curried New Potatoes in their Jackets
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 75 g (3 oz) ghee (or use vegetable oil); 75 g (3 oz) ghee (or use vegetable oil); 1 large onion, finely chopped; 1 heaped teaspoon ground turmeric; 700 g (1½ lb) very small new potatoes, scrubbed; 2 green chillies, de-seeded and finely chopped; salt; 250 g (9 oz) packet of frozen peas, thawed; 2 teaspoons garam masala

Preparation info

4-6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

About

New potatoes, cooked with spices in the Indian manner, are a treat, substantial enough for a main dish served with a daal, and caehumbar, the chunky Indian salad of tomato, cucumber and lettuce. Ghee (clarified butter) makes it much richer and does not catch and burn like ordinary butter.

Ingredients

75 g (3 oz) ghee (or use vegetable oil)
1 large onion, finely chopped

Asia
India
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the ghee or oil in a saucepan wide enough to take all the potatoes in one layer. Add the onion, cover and fry for about 5 minutes or until soft and just golden. Add the turmeric, stir and cook for 1 minute, then add the potatoes, chilli and salt. Cook for 5 minutes, shaking the pan from time to time. Turn the heat right down, cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are almost d