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Simple Potato Kurma / Gravy Recipe

A quick and simple side dish to go with Roti / Chapathi.

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients

  • 2 numbers Onions, chopped
  • 2 numbers Tomato, chopped
  • 3 pieces Garlic
  • 1 inch piece Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Poppy seeds
  • 2 teaspoons Melon seeds
  • 2 tablespoons Oil, divided
  • 2 pieces cloves
  • 1" piece cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
  • 2 large potatoes , cut to bite sized pieces
  • Salt to taste
  • Corinader / mint leaves to garnish

Instructions

  1. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan and put in the onion, garlic,ginger, Saute till onion is translucent.

  2. Put in tomatoes and cook till mushy.Let it cool

  3. Once the mixture has cooled down, transfer it into a mixie jar, add poppy seeds and melon seeds and grind to a fine paste. Add water only if needed.

  4. Heat a pressure cooker with the remaining oil and add the cloves and cinnamon

  5. Put in the ground paste , red chili powder, salt and give it a mix

  6. Add the cubed potatoes and a little water and pressure cook fr 3 hisses / till potatoes are cooked but not mushy.

  7. Remove onto a serving dish and serve garnished with coriander / mint leaves.

Recipe Notes

  1. The ground paste can be stored in the fridge / freezer to be used later
  2. Using this base,  channa can be soaked and cooked in the same way.