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Potato Onion Masala

Big potato cooked in a pan and spiced with chilli and turmeric for a South Asian side dish. Serve with rice.

25 min · Serves 2 · Easy

Serves
2

Ingredients

Time
Prep 5 min · Cook 20 min · 25 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Cut the potatoes and slice the onions not too long and not too small. Heat oil in a cooking pan and put the mustard seeds.

  2. 2

    When the seeds stops crackling, put the red chillies. Saute the onions in the pan now for a while till its golden brown.

  3. 3

    Add the potatoes, the chilli powder and the turmeric powders along with the salt, and mix together.

  4. 4

    Add water to immerse the potatoes and cook in medium flame till the potatoes are cooked. You can garnish with curry leaves [optional].

  5. 5

    Serve hot with rice. Goes best with salad/curd and pickle.

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