This is a quick and easy Potato Recipe from Complete Indian Cooking by Mridula Baljekar, et al. I have tried quite a few recipes from this book with good success and this one was a must-try for two reasons.
1. Its the simplest recipe in the book!
2. It has the least number of ingredients and still looks so good.
Actually, there's one more reason: I love coriander. I hardly ever use coriander seeds in anything other than vatha kozhambu and the like but this recipe calls for whole coriander seeds. The flavour was delightful.
Potatoes in Red Coriander SauceServes: 2Preparation time: 15-20 minsSource: Complete Indian Cooking by Mridula Baljekar, et al.What I Used:A dozen baby potatoes (or 3 potatoes, cubed)1.5 teaspoon coriander seeds / malli1.5 teaspoon cumin seeds / jeera / jeerakam4 garlic cloves3 tablespoon thick tamarind juice (or 1 tablespoon readymade tamarind paste)1 pureed tomato (or chopped fine)A few curry leaves½ teaspoon sugar2 tablespoon oilSalt to tasteCoriander leaves / kothamalli to garnishHow I Made It:1. Boil the potatoes in water until they are cooked yet not mushy. You can pressure cook for 1 whistle to make the job easier.2. Grind the coriander seeds with the cumin seeds and garlic cloves to a coarse paste using a pestle and mortar or your small mixie jar.3. Heat oil in a pan and add the ground paste with the tamarind juice, tomato puree, curry leaves, salt and sugar. Lower fire to medium-low and cook until the oil separates (about 7-10 mins)4. Add the potatoes and stir well until coated with the sauce. Cover and simmer for about 5 mins. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot.
Note
- Instead of using whole coriander and cumin seeds, their powders can also be used. This will help you avoid the grinding, although the flavour will change a bit. It still tastes good, I have tried it both ways 🙂
Nags
This is one of our favourites too! So glad you liked the recipe 🙂
Happy cook
I love new potatoes, I can imagine eating this with puri or roties. Yumm
Sudeshna
They look lovely, I think it would be an ideal snacks (if prepared with little gravy) for the evening, served with tooth-picks. You gave me a great idea to prepare this for the party next weekend.
Tina
Yummy and looks very colourful and cute.....
Anupama
Wonderful click and what a lovely dish you've got there...
Nithya
Wow.. so tempting it looks.. 🙂
meeso
The potatoes look gorgeous, that's a really great pic 🙂
Home Cooked Oriya Food
looks so yum... The potatoes look ready to be gobbled now!
Madhuram
I tried this one today Nags, for lunch and it's so good. I think you have missed chillies in the recipe. So while grinding the masala I added 2 red chillies as well. This is different from what my grandmother used to prepare but definitely as good as that one. I know I will be preparing this one quite often. Thanks.
DiDo..
Such a delicious pic. Must be amazing with rotis. Must try to get this book u mentioned for cooking simple yet different recipes