Potato Podimaas

Potato podimaas is very famous among many house holds..

Ingredients:

1.       Potato: 750 gms

2.       Green Chilly: 4

3.       Ginger: small piece

4.       Coconut: 75 gms

5.       Salt

6.       Turmeric powder: A Pinch

7.       Asafoedita

8.       Curry and Coriander leaves

9.       Oil: 4 tsps

10.   Mustard: 1 tbsp

11.   Orid dal: 2 tbsps

12.   Water

Preparation Procedure:

1.       Boil the potatoes in cooker (allow just 1 whistle) so that the potato is not deep cooked..

2.       Cool the potatoes for some time, cut them in to small pieces (small granules) or you may choose to mash them by hand so that they are tiny small pieces.

3.       In a kadai, add oil. Add mustard and while it starts spluttering, add orid dal and asafoedita.

4.       Now add the finely cut green chillies and ginger also and when the orid dal turns colour to light golden, add the grated coconut, curry leaves and the granuled potato. Add salt and pinch of turmeric powder.

5.       Leave it on stove at sim flame for 5 to 10 mins by stirring constantly and in the end when you switch off the stove, add finely cut coriander leaves.