Potato Masala For Puri/ Poori Kizhangu
By: Mythreyi Dilip
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 12:57am

Ingredients




Ingredients
Potatoes big-3
Onion big chopped-2
Green chillies( broken into 3)-2
Ginger finely chopped-1/2"
Besan flour/Kadalamavu/Chickpea flour-1tbsp
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Chilly powder-1tsp( optional)
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Urad Dal-1tsp
Bengalgram/Channa dal-1tsp
Asafetida-pinch

Preparation

1 Method 2 Wash and halve the potatoes, pressure cook for 10 mins. Peel the skin and mash the potatoes into small pieces. Set aside. Heat oil in a pan, when hot add the mustard seeds, when crackles add the urad dal and channa dal, fry until brown. Now add the onions, green chillies, ginger and asafetida, saute for 2 mins. Add the mashed potatoes and enough water to the onions. Add turmeric powder and required salt, bring the mixture to boil. In a small cup add the besan flour and 3tbsp of water, dilute to thin paste. Add this besan flour paste to the boiling potatoes and stir continuously. Simmer for 5 mins until the mi