Recipe and source notes

Tempered Spicy Potatoes

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 500g of par boiled potatoes
  • 3 large onions sliced
  • 10- 12 curry leaves
  • 2 inch cinnamon stick
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 – 3/4 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1-2 tsp dried red chilli flakes
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for deep frying + 1 1/2 tbsp oil for tempering

Make it step by step

  1. Cut the par boiled potatoes into wedges
  2. · Heat oil in a pan for deep frying and fry the potatoes until its slightly golden brown. Keep the fried potatoes aside.
  3. · Keep a frying pan on medium heat ( I used a non stick pan )and add 1 1/2 tbsp of oil
  4. · Add the mustard seeds, cinnamon stick and curry leaves. Let the mustard seeds pop.
  5. · Next add the sliced onions and cook for 1 minute. Add the potatoes, turmeric and salt.
  6. · Stir fry the potatoes for 5 minutes on low heat until the onions are slightly golden brown.
  7. · Lastly add the red chilli flakes cook for a minute.
  8. · Serve warm with rice/ roti/ bread

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Ruwani Kumar, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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