Chettinad style potato kurma

I got this recipe from the website/forum Indusladies.com and the link is here. I tried this recipe yesterday night for dinner. Wooow.. It turned out delicious and yummy and my kid loved it a lot. Hereafter I am going to add this recipe regularly in my menu. Here comes the recipe for potato kurma.

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 5 or 6.

Onions - 2 - chop fine

Tomatoes - 2 - chop fine

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt

To temper:

Oil - 2 tbsp

Saunf/Sombhu - 1 tsp

Dry roast all and grind to a fine paste:

Cardamom - 1

Cinnamon - 1"

Cloves - 3

Saunf/Sombhu - 1 tsp

Garlic - 10 flakes

Ginger - 1"

Green chillies - 5 or 6

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Fried gram dhal/Pottukadalai - handful.

Method:

1. Wash and cook potatoes in a pressure cooker for 3 to 4 whistles.

2. Remove from the stove, peel the skin and smash it nicely.

3. Heat oil in a kadai and temper with the given ingredients.

4. Add onions and fry till golden brown.

5. Add tomatoes and cook it mashes well.

6. Add the ground paste along with water and cook for 2 min.

7. Add salt, turmeric powder and mashed potatoes.

8. Lower the flame and cook for 5 - 10 min.

9. Serve hot with idlis, paniyarams and dosas.

This is my first entry to events.

This kurma goes to Priya's veggie/ Fruit a month - Potato and hosted by Divya's Dil Se.

Okra/ Ladies finger Pepper fry

Inspired from here I tried this okra fry. Thanx lata for this wonderful fry. Woooow.. It came out very very crispy. I added pepper powder instead of red chilli powder. Also i have added curd and lemon juice to remove the stickiness that is present in ladies finger. Usually I add this while cooking in stove top too. Here comes my version of 100% microwave cooked okra pepper fry.


    













Ingredients:

Fresh Okra/ Ladies finger - 250 g

Pepper Powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt

Oil - 2 tsp

Curd - 1 tsp

Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp

To temper:

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Hing - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Wash ladies finger and wipe them dry completely.

2. Cut into desired size. I slices very thin.

3. Mix salt, 1 tsp oil, pepper powder, turmeric powder, curd and lemon juice with the ladies finger and mix it well.

4. Rest it for 5-10 minutes.

5. In a MW safe bowl/ Tupperware bowl, Add 1 tsp oil and MW HI for 30 sec.

6. Remove and add mustard seeds, MW HI for 1 min.

7. Add hing and MW HI for 1 min.

8. Add the okra mixture and and cook covered on MW HI for 6 - 7 min stirring in between once or twice.

9. Rest it for 5 min inside the MW.

10. If you want more crispy, add few more minutes in the MW.

11. Open and serve with curd rice..