Sunday, June 5, 2011

Potato Gravy/Arachi Vitta Urulai Kuzhambu

Everyone at home loves potatoes as any form, eventhough i wont cook them often..Last week, we got some fresh baby potatoes from a farm house and i couldnt stop myself making dishes out of those cute baby potatoes..Usually i make simple gravy with potatoes with tamarind extract and usual spice powder, but this time i wanted to make something different with freshly prepared masala, thats why i named this potato gravy as arachi vitta kuzhambu which means gravy prepared with grounded masala..This gravy tastes super delicious, definitely a fingerlicking gravy, we just enjoyed having this gravy with fryums and hard boiled eggs..Needless to say that this gravy tastes more delicious even after a day, serve it with rice,dosas or along with rotis, you will enjoy this tangy and delicious gravy...Sending this gravy to Harini & Jaya's Design A Menu, a wonderful event where we have to design a menu with the ingredients given by Harini and Jaya...

Here comes my menu..
Appetiziers: Carrot & Moongdal Vadas
Main course: Potato Gravy,Carrot and capsicum Zunka,Tindora fry
Desserts: Carrot Moongdal Kheer, Honey glazed pineapple bites

Potato Gravy

1/2kg Baby potatoes (cut as two pieces)
1no Tamarind (lemon sized)(soaked in hot water)
20nos Small onions
1no Tomato (big & chopped)
6nos Garlic cloves
1/4cup Gingelly oil or as per need
1/2tsp Mustards seeds
1/4tsp Fenugreek seeds
Few curry leaves

To roast & grind:
2tbsp Coriander seeds
1tbsp Toor dal
6nos Dry red chillies
1tsp Peppercorns
1tsp Cumin seeds
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
3tbsp Grated coconut
1tsp Poppy seeds
1no Onion (chopped roughly)

Roast all the ingredients with few drops of oil and grind as fine paste,keep aside..Squeeze the tamarind in soaked water and drain the extract..

In a pan, heat the remaining gingelly oil,fry the mustards seeds, fenugreek seeds and curryleaves, add immediately the garlic cloves fry for few minutes, add the small onions,chopped tomatoes,saute everything for few minutes..

Add the baby potatoes,saute everything again for few minutes, now add the tamarind extract,salt and grounded paste, cook in medium flame until the gravy turns thickens and the oil gets separates..Enjoy with hot rice and papads...


29 comments:

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

Slurp !! Awesome recipe.

Raji said... Reply To This Comment

I have never tasted this kozhumbu Priya...but it sure is so tempting.

Indian Khana said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so delicious ...

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

This kuzhambu is new to me...I never cooked aloo with tamarind based...it looks so spicy n tempting...like to have it with some idly...

Love2cook Malaysia said... Reply To This Comment

Feel like drinking the curry now dear! So inviting!!! :D

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Mugdha said... Reply To This Comment

looks yummy...:)

Suman Singh said... Reply To This Comment

Looks yummy! Love aloo in any form.

Prathima Rao said... Reply To This Comment

The gravy looks soo....good & delicious!!! Nice one Priya :)
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner

Plateful said... Reply To This Comment

Looks darn irresistible Priya!

Sravs said... Reply To This Comment

very interesting and delicious !!

Madhu said... Reply To This Comment

My all time favorite dish Priya :)

Ganga Sreekanth said... Reply To This Comment

looks superb and fantastic

Sensible Vegetarian said... Reply To This Comment

This looks so delicious, lovely click.

Nadji said... Reply To This Comment

Les pommes de terre sont aussi beaucoup aimées chez moi.
Je note ta version.
See soon.

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy curry... Would be great as such with white rice....

Nithya said... Reply To This Comment

Potato!!! yummy :)

Aarthi said... Reply To This Comment

lovely dish

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

ta version me plait elle est délicieuse j'en prends note
bonne soir&e

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

very delicious curry!!!

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Very delicious and inviting curry dear. Loved the color of the gravy. Very inviting.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Zoe said... Reply To This Comment

so delicious!

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

so yummy....can't stop eating with rice...

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

GREAT. I love baby potatoes. Hearty gravy Priya

cook from doha said... Reply To This Comment

always made egg curry like this..........now will try with potatoes.........

Lifewithspices said... Reply To This Comment

My fav ....i love it so much..perfect

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so delicious..

sowmya said... Reply To This Comment

my favorite too...potato in kuzhambu sounds different..

divya said... Reply To This Comment

Potato curry is awesome, looks inviting..

Miri said... Reply To This Comment

This is something my husband loves a lot-
The combination of spices and potatoes looks delicious!