Golden Potatoes (Potato Sookhi Sabji)

Back home, when I used to come home from school/college, my mom used to have this sabji and hot off the stove chapaties ready for me...with plain yogurt, dal, pickle and rice....thinking about that meal.. still makes my mouth water...yummmmmmm.

Ingredients:

4 medium sized potatoes boiled, peeled and cut in to small cubes
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp on black mustard seeds
1 pod of dry red pepper (optional)
1/8 tsp Asafoetida
3 spring onions finely chopped
1 small piece of ginger finely chopped or grated(optional)
4 cloves of garlic chopped
1 Jalapeno pepper chopped
1 tomato chopped
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
½ tsp cayenne pepper powder
1 tsp mango powder
½ tsp paprika
½ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp garam masala
Salt to taste
Juice from 1 small lime

Chopped Coriander leaves for garnish

Method

Heat oil in a sauce pan
Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds once oil is heated well
When these seeds crackle add asafoetida
Add pod of dry red pepper
Add onions and saute for 1-2 min
Add the garlic, ginger saute for another 1 min
Add chopped tomatoes and pepper mix well
Add all the powders and mix well
Add salt mix well
Add the boiled potatoes and saute
Add lime juice and mix well

Garnish with cilantro.

Recipe and Photo by Surekha.