potato bhaji for dosa

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Mildly spiced potato curry filling for masala dosa, rava dosa or uttapam.

Prep Time30 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time50 mins

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: South Indian

Diet: Vegetarian

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Servings:

Calories: 281kcal

4 medium potatoes - steamed, peeled and chopped in cubes
½ to ⅔ cup green peas - steamed (optional)
1 large onion, thinly sliced
8 to 10 large curry leaves or 12 to 15 small to medium curry leaves
2 tablespoon chana dal (husked bengal gram)
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
1 or 2 green chilies - chopped
½ teaspoon finely chopped ginger
¼ teaspoon turmeric
1 pinch of asafoetida (hing)
½ to ⅔ cup water
½ teaspoon sugar or as required - optional and only add if you want a faint sweet taste
1.5 tablespoon oil
salt as required

First boil water in a bowl or in an electric heater or microwave. Then rinse and soak the chana dal in it. Cover and keep aside for 30 minutes. Later drain and keep aside.
Rinse the potatoes in water. Then steam the potatoes with their peels intact, in an electric cooker or steamer or pressure cooker. The potatoes should be thoroughly cooked.
When the potatoes become warm, peel and then chop the potatoes into cubes and keep aside.

Heat oil in a frying pan or kadai and crackle mustard seeds.
Then add cumin and fry them till they splutter and change color.
Add the drained chana dal. Fry the chana dal for about 3 to 4 minutes.
You can also add chana dal directly. In this case, you have to brown the chana dal.
Add chopped ginger and saute for a half a minute.
Add thinly sliced onions. Stir and saute till the onions turn translucent.
Add curry leaves, green chilies, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Stir and saute for a few seconds.
Then add the potatoes. Season with salt and sugar.
Stir and add water. About 1/2 to 2/3 cup. The water just makes the curry moist, mushy and not dry. This is an optional step.
If you like the texture of potatoes to be slightly crisp and not soft, then don't add water. In this case just stir the potatoes and saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
After adding water, simmer the potato curry for 3 minutes on a low flame. Stir at intervals.
Stir and then add chopped coriander leaves. Stir again.
Serve the potato curry with dosa, uttapam or rava dosa.
You can also serve with pooris or chapatis.