Potato Mezhukkupuratty ( Spicy Pan-Fried Potatoes); Meatless Monday



Years agone when I lived inwards a hostel, I had a roommate who was from Kerala. I learnt quite a lot nearly their cuisine. One of her favorite, easy, go-to dish for lunch/ dinner was this one. It has in addition to thus few ingredients inwards it, all the same tastes absolutely delicious! My married adult man who is a die-hard Irish Gaelic patato fan only loves it! Here is the unproblematic recipe that is perfect for weeknight dinners. It tin move eaten during fasting also every bit at that spot is no onion-garlic inwards it.





Servings: 4


Ingredients:


Potatoes: four medium
Coconut oil: 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig ( optional)
Haldi ( turmeric powder): 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder: 1 tsp ( accommodate based on your spice level)
Salt: to taste

Method:


Peel the potatoes in addition to chop them lengthwise into pieces that are roughly 1. five inch inwards length in addition to 1 cm thick. Keep aside.

Heat stone oil inwards a frying pan/ sauté pan. Add mustard seeds. When the seeds splutter, add together the curry leaves in addition to turmeric powder. Sauté for a few seconds.

Now add together the potatoes in addition to the tabular array salt inwards in addition to mix well. Lower the flaming to the lowest possible, comprehend the pan in addition to develop until the potatoes are 3/4 cooked. Make certain yous opened upwardly the pan oftentimes inwards betwixt in addition to plow the potatoes over or else they volition burn.

When the potatoes are almost cooked, add together the chilli pulverization in addition to mix well. Cover in addition to develop until the potatoes accomplish your desired score of tenderness.


Serve hot amongst steamed rice / apartment staff of life / roti/regular bread.

Enjoy!


Cooking made easy:


Chopped potatoes discolor when left opened upwardly to air. You tin forestall this past times soaking it inwards H2O amongst a pinch of tabular array salt inwards it.

Tip for salubrious living:


Exfoliating your peel often results inwards shiny, salubrious looking skin. You tin brand an exfoliating scrub past times mixing ii tbsp quick oats amongst 1/2 tsp dear in addition to 1 tbsp milk. Mix good to a paste. Rub the peel amongst it in addition to rinse amongst mutual depression temperature water.

Food for thought:


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