HOTEL STYLE POTATO MASALA

HOTEL STYLE POTATO MASALA

Puri masal is an all time favourite dish for all of us.. Potato masal is made in different styles, the one we get in the restaurants is slightly a different version from the one we make at home.. If  you have tasted puri masal at Annapoorna restaurant coimbatore, you will find the masal served there will be very tasty but just a slight variation from what we make at home.. they add fresh green peas which gives a different aroma to the masal..I have tried some three four combinations to get that flavour right.. the end result is the one I am posting here .. Refer easy potato masala here .. The main thing to be noted in making the potato masal is choosing the potatoes right.. it would taste better if its grown in red soil rather than clay or black soil..Remember when buying potatoes make sure its coated in red soil .. it gives the original taste to potatoes..

  

INGREDIENTS

Potato - 750 gm ( boiled, peeled and mashed)(serves 5 to 7 adults)

Big onions - 500gm ( thinly sliced)

Tomato - 3 large ( finely chopped)

Fresh green peas - 100gm

Green chillies - 8 nos ( slit into two halves )

Dry red chillies - 3 nos

Ginger garlic paste - 1.5 tbsp

Curry leaves - few

Fresh coriander leaves - 3 tbsp (chopped) 

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Oil - 4 tbsp

Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Salt - as required

Water - as required 

METHOD

Heat a pan or kadai on the stove ( I have used claypot) , add oil ,let it get heated, add asafoetida, mustard seeds and channa dal .. let mustard splutter, in medium flame saute for 30 seconds till channa dal turns golden brown..Add in the ginger garlic paste and saute it for 2 mins until raw smell goes in medium flame.. caution to be taken ginger garlic paste shouldnt be burnt as its the key ingredient to give the desired flavour..

 

Add in the sliced onions,green chillies, red chillies and curry leaves and saute for 5 to 7 mins stirring inbetween..when the onion gets translucent,add in the fresh green peas and chopped tomatoes and mix well..  

Add turmeric powder and salt and cover and cook for 5 mins in medium flame so that the green peas and tomatoes get cooked..stir in between as it may get burnt in the bottom..

 

As you see ,the tomatoes are fully cooked and green peas shrinken which implies it is cooked enough ,add in the mashed potatoes, water and mix well.. Bring it to boil, check and adjust salt and simmer it for 3 mins.. Garnish it with some fresh coriander leaves 

Thats it your hotel style potato masal is ready to serve .. serve it hot with puri or chappathi...
 

Hope you all are going to try this wonderful recipe and give me your valuable feed back .. until next post Veni here saying bye and take care.. Happy cooking !!!
 

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I'm Krishnaveni Shivakumar from Erode ,TamilNadu .Cooking is my Passion and I would like to share the joy of cooking with my recipes in this Blog........