Potato Masala | Best side dish for Ghee rice and Variety rice | Simple and Yummy recipes

Potato masala is a spicy south Indian curry recipe where potatoes are cooked in a spice paste. This recipe is perfect for curd rice and also can be served as an aside dish for ghee rice too. It is a very simple and easy recipe.

stepwise pictures and video recipe is given below

One can adjust spice levels according to their taste by lowering or adding pepper and dry chili. I made this as a semi-dry version. But this recipe can also be served as gravy too by adding water or coconut milk to it and cooking for 3 to 5 mins. Try this potato masala at home and enjoy cooking.

This recipe is one-pot cooking. But it can be made using a pressure cooker. Put everything together in the pressure cooker and cook for 2 whistles.

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 15 - 20 mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• Potato - 300 gms, cut into cubes
• Cinnamon - 1 stick
• Cloves - 3
• Fennel seeds - ½ tsp
• Few Curry leaves
• Salt as required
• Oil - 2 tbsp

To make the masala paste

• Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
• Pepper - ½ tbsp
• Garlic - 4 or 5 cloves
• small pieces of Ginger
• Dry Red Chili - 2 no

Method:

• Cut the potatoes into cubes and keep them aside. Grind the ingredients mentioned under " to make paste " to a fine paste by adding little water. Keep aside.

• Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed kadai/wok. When hot add cinnamon, cloves, and fennel seeds. fry for a few seconds.

• Next, add the ground paste and ½ tbsp of water to it. Mix well. Cover and cook the masala for 3 minutes on medium heat.

• After 3 minutes open the lid and give a good mix. Next, add in the potatoes and salt as required. Mix well so that the masala coats well with the potatoes.

• Then add 1 cup of water and mix well. When the mixture starts boiling cover it with the lid and cook for 10 mins on medium heat. Open the lid and stir in between.

• After 10 mins open the lid add some curry leaves to it and give it a mix. Cook for another 3- 4 mins on medium heat.

• Cook another 2 mins on low heat till the gravy thickens. Finally, add some curry leaves, give a mix, and switch off the heat. Serve with any variety rice like curd rice, lemon rice, sambar rice, etc.,

Step-by-step pictures of how to make a potato masala recipe

Cut the potatoes into cubes and keep them aside.

Grind the ingredients mentioned under " to make paste " to a fine paste by adding little water. Keep aside.

Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed kadai/wok. When hot add cinnamon, cloves, and fennel seeds. fry for a few seconds.

Next, add the ground paste and ½ tbsp of water to it. Mix well. Cover and cook the masala for 3 minutes on medium heat.

After 3 minutes open the lid and give a good mix. Next, add in the potatoes and salt as required. Mix well so that the masala coats well with the potatoes.

Then add 1 cup of water and mix well. When the mixture starts boiling cover it with the lid and cook for 10 mins on medium heat.

Open the lid in between and add some curry leaves and give a mix. Cook till the potatoes are 95 % cooked.

After 10 mins open the lid add some curry leaves to it and give it a mix. Cook for 3- 4 mins on medium heat. Cook for another 2 mins on low heat and till the gravy thickens. Finally, add some curry leaves, give a mix, and switch off the heat.

Serve with any variety rice like curd rice, lemon rice, sambar rice, etc.,

Watch the Video Recipe here