POTATO STEW

Potato stew:

Potato stew serves as an excellent side for aapam. This is a quick recipe which can be made under 30 mins time. The below measurement serves 3 people.


Ingredients :
Potato - 5 nos medium size
Onion - 2 nos  small size chopped
Green chilli - 2 nos slit
Ginger - 1/2 inch grated
Curry leaves - few
Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup equivalent
Second coconut milk - 1 cup equivalent
Salt - as per taste




Seasoning:
Coconut oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Split urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Chana dal - 3/4 tsp
Hing or asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

Steps :
1. Pressure cook potatoes for five whistles and mash the well and keep it aside.
2. In a pan add oil , mustard seeds , urad dal , chana dal and saute it well till mustard starts spluttering and dals turn golden brown.

3. Then add the hing, chopped onion,grated ginger, slit green chilli and saute it till onion turns translucent.


4. Then add mashed potatoes and required salt for the stew and mix them well.

5. Then add the thick and thin coconut milk at this state and mix them well till you get the consistency required.


6. Add salt if required at the end.
7. Potato stew is ready to be served with aapam.

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