Potato Podimas / Urulai Kizhalangu Podimas / Potato Dry Curry

Potato, one of our family favorite vegetable and we love potatoes in any form-curry, fry, kurma, omelette, patties, pakora/fritters etc., This Potato Podimas / Dry curry is one my favorite combo for sambar sadham n lemon rice. Very simple & quick curry that does not involve more spices and tastes great and delicious with everything rice, rotis, bread, variety rice and also u can make bonda with this podimas as filling, Pani puri filling etc., Now to the versatile potato podimas recipe...

Ingredients

1. Boiled Potatoes     4-5 no.s
2. Onion    1no.(chopped)
3. Garlic   2 cloves (crushed)
4. Curry leaves     few
5. Chilli powder    1/2 tsp
6. Turmeric powder    1/4 tsp
7. Salt as needed
8. Oil    3-4 tsp
9. Mustard seeds    1/4 tsp
10. Fennel seeds    1/4 tsp
11. Channa dal/Split peas      1 tsp
12. Urad dal/White lentil       1 tsp

Method

• Boil the potatoes,peel the skin and lightly mash them and keep aside. 

• Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds wait till it pop and add fennel seeds let it sizzle, then add channa dal & urad dal fry till golden brown. 

• Add chopped onions,curry leaves,garlic and fry them well. 
• Saute till onion gets transparent. 

• Then add chilli powder n turmeric powder and keep frying for few minutes. 
• After that add the mashed potatoes mix well and Saute well so that the spice powders get nicely coated on potatoes well. 
• Lastly add some chopped coriander leaves stir well and turn off the stove. 
• Potato podimas is now ready to serve.

Notes:
instead of chilli powder u can also add finely chopped green chillies.
To the same recipe lastly u can also sprinkle little curry powder.