Simple Potato Fry
Simple Potato Fry | Urulai Kizhangu Varuval is a South Indian style side dish perfect to have along with dishes like sambar rice, curd rice, etc.
Ingredients
- Potato - 4 Medium Small Cubed
- Sambar Powder - 1 ½ tsp 1 tsp Red Chilli powder + ½ tsp Coriander powder or
- Salt - ¼ tsp
- Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
To temper
- Oil - 3 tsp
- Mustard - ½ tsp
- Broken Urad Dal - 1 Tbsp
- Jeera - ½ tsp
Instructions
- First wash and peel the potatoes. Chop them into small cubes and keep them immersed in water.
- Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan, add the mustard. Once it splutters, add the other ingredients under "To Temper", in the given order. Once the broken urad dal turns golden brown, add the chopped potatoes.
- Saute the potatoes for 2 mins. Then, add the salt, turmeric and sambar powder. Mix nicely. Add about ½ Cup of water and cook covered in medium flame until the water evaporates.
- The potatoes would be cooked and the raw smell of the masalas would be gone by now. Increase the flame back to high, add the remaining 1 tsp oil and saute for 3-4 mins, until the edges of the potatoes turn nicely golden brown and slightly crisp up. Turn off the flame.
- Enjoy hot as a side for South Indian Variety rices.
Notes | FAQ
- Instead of non stick pan, you can use a iron skillet to get a nice crispy potato.
- Don't add too much water and over cook the potatoes. They would turn mushy.