Potatoes With Onions Recipe

Potatoes With Onions Recipe

Yield: 6 Servings
Recipe by luhu.jp

Ingredients:
6 medium: Potatoes,
5 tbsp: Vegetable Oil,
1/8 tsp: Ground Asafetida OR 1/8 inch lump Asafetida,
1/2 tsp: Whole Cumin Seeds,
2 1/2 tsp: Whole Black Mustard Seeds,
Dried Red Peppers, 1-3
1 medium: Onion-coarsely chopped,
1/2 tsp: Ground Turmeric,
1 1/4 tsp: Salt,
1 tsp: Garam Masala,
2 tbsp: Lemon Juice,
Boil potatoes in their jackets. Peel them and mash coarsely with,

Directions:

a fork or hand masher.
Heat the oil in a 10-12 inch skillet over medium heat. When hot,
first put in it the asafetida; after it has sizzled for a few
seconds, add the cumin and mustard seeds; then in 10 seconds or so,
the red pepper(s). Use 1 for mildly hot, 3 for very hot. When pepper
changes color (1 to 5 seconds), put in the chopped onions and
turmeric. After the onions have cooked 3 to 5 minutes and turned
brown at the edges, put in the mashed potatoes, salt, garam masala
and lemon juice. Fry, stirring and mixing, for 5 to 7 minutes.
To serve: Place in a warm dish and serve with Indian bread or
remove whole red pepper and serve as an appetizer on top of Melba
rounds.

: An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey
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Note 1: the Indian name of this dish is Pyazwale Sookhe Aloo. Note 2:
use a salt-substitute instead of salt Note 3: Ive made this without
the asafetida because I dont know where
to find it.


Source from luhu.jp