Potato gravy (Araicha kulambhu)

Ingredients:

 

Potato                    - ½ kg

Small onion           - 1 cup

Tomato                 - 2 large

Kadalai paruppu    - 2 tspn

Pepper                   - 1 tspn

Red chillies           - 2 /3 big

Curry leaves          - 2 pinch

Sliced Coconut      - 1 cup

Coriander powder  - 2 tspn

Salt                       - on your requirement

Oil                        - 3 tspn

Coriander leaves    - To garnish

 

Step-wise preparation:

 

·        Clean the potatoes and boil it under pressure-cooked for 5 mins.

·        Take the potatoes and peel off their skin and cut them into fine cubes as shown in the picture.

·        Add 1 tspn oil to a pan and add the onions, kadalai paruppu, red chillies, curry leaves, pepper, sliced coconuts and coriander powder and sauté it till the mixture turns brown.

·        Leave the mixture to cool for around 10mins.

·        Grind the mixture leaving some water and make it into a paste.

·        Cut the tomato’s into smaller pieces.  

·        Add 2 tspn of oil to a pan and add the tomato and potatoes and sauté for a min.

·        Then add the ground paste and saute it for around 1 min and add a cup of water to it to make it into gravy.

·        Let the gravy boil for around 10 mins. Saute the gravy frequently to avoid it getting burnt down.

·        Finally add coriander leaves and off the flame.

·        Serve it hot with rice or chapattis.

 

Note:

You can also add the potato directly to the gravy without boiling it. But it takes a bit long time as the potato needs to get boiled well. But for better and quick result boil the vegetable prior to it.