CHETTINAD POTATO ROAST

Radhika of Tickling Palates is hosting a fun event named BLOG HOP WEDNESDAYS.This week i am paired with Kaveri  of Palakkad Chamayal.I tried out this spicy and delicious Chettinad Urulai  roast from her blog,. You can find the original  recipe here.

Ingredients

1. Potato(diced and cooked)- 250gms
2. Mustard seeds
3. Asafoetida- 1 pinch
4. Garlic .crushed- 1/2 tsp
5. Onion chopped finely-1 small
6. Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
7. Curry leaves- 1 sprig
8. Oil
   

To roast and grind

1. Split urud dal/uzhunnu parippu- 2 tsp
2. Dry red chillies-3 nos
3. Whole black pepper corns-5 to 6 nos

Method

• Heat a pan and dry roast the urud dal,once its colour starts to change ,add dry red chillies and pepper corns.  Roast until urud dal turns golden brown.
• Allow this to cool and grind to form a coarse powder.
• Heat oil in the same pan ,add mustard seeds and let it splutter.Now add asafoetida and curryleaves.
• Now add garlic , onion and turmeric powder.Saute till onion turns golden brown .
• Add the boiled potato and stir carefuly.Add salt to taste and saute for 5 minutes.
• Now add the spice powder and mix well.

Serve with rice.