Potato Masala

Name: Potato Masala
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 cm (½ inch) piece of ginger, grated; 1 tablespoon tamarind purée; 2 onions, chopped; 2 green chillies, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons oil; 10 curry leaves; 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) waxy potatoes, cut into 2 cm (¾inch) cubes; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of India

By Priya Wickramasinghe

Published 2005

About

This filling is traditionally rolled in dosas to make masala dosa, which is served for breakfast or as a snack in Southern India. However, it also makes an excellent spicy potato side dish.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
10 cu

Asia
India
Side dish
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan, add the mustard seeds, cover and when they start to pop add the curry leaves, turmeric, ginger, chilli and onion and cook, uncovered, until the onion is soft.

Add the potato cubes and 250 ml (1