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Potato Bhaji

Cuisine: Indian
Type: Vegetables
Courses: Dressings
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup 59mlSplit peeled urad dal
6   White boiling potatoes
1/2 cup 118mlOil
2 teaspoons 10mlBrown mustard seeds
2   Serrano chiles - sliced thin, up to 3
8   Curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlTurmeric
1   Onion - chopped
  Salt
2 teaspoons 10mlSugar
  Cilantro - chopped

Recipe Instructions

1. Soak dal in water to cover 2 hours.

2. Boil unpeeled whole potatoes until just tender, about 1 hour. Peel when cool enough to handle, then dice.

3. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add mustard seeds and fry briefly until seeds pop, then add chiles, curry leaves and turmeric. Saute 1 minute. Add onion and fry until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add drained dal and saute 2 minutes. Add potatoes, salt to taste and sugar. Mix well, cover and cook over medium-low heat 5 to 8 minutes. Garnish with cilantro.

Makes 12 (1/2-cup) servings. Each serving: 133 calories; 28 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 10 grams fat; 11 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams protein; 0.52 gram fiber.

Notes: "You can eat this potato mixture with naan ora flour tortilla instead of dosas. Smita Salgaonkar also puts bhaji between bread slices and warms them in her sandwich maker."

This is part of an Indian Dosa Brunch, as described in Barbara Hansen's "Grab Your Dosa While It's Hot", Los Angeles Times, September 30, 1998.

Source:
Barbara Hansen, "Grab Your Dosa While It's Hot"

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