TURMERIC SPICED POTATOES

Turmeric Spiced Potatoes

Ingredients:

• 6 – 8medium sized potatoes
• 2-3 table spoon cooking oil
• 1/4^th tspn cumin seeds
• 1/4^th tspn mustard seeds
• 6-5 curry leaves – optional
• 1-2 whole green chillies – optional
• 1-2 tspn turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• Chopped coriander handful
• 1 tspn Jaggery or brown sugar
• 1 tspn lemon juice

Instructions:

Potatoes:

• Boil the potatoes until medium soft.
• Remove/peel the skin
• Cut into small to medium cubes
• Set aside

Main Instructions:

• Heat the oil to quite hot
• Add cumin and mustard seeds
• Add curry leaves and green chillies
• Add ¼ tspn turmeric powder.
• Mix well
• Immediately add the potatoes
• Stir well
• Add the rest of turmeric and mix well so that turmeric covers all the potatoes
• Cover with lid and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat
• Keep stirring occasionally
• Add salt to taste
• Add jaggery or brown sugar
• Add lemon juice
• Stir well
• Add coriander towards the end and cook for another 5-1- minutes on low heat and covered with a lid

Serve hot with:

• Puri
• Chapathi
• Cumin rice
• Rice and Daal
• Serve all above with steamed salad on the side