Best Dry Potato Curry Recipes

DRY POTATO CURRY

Steps:

• Heat ghee in large saucepan and fry mustard seed until it pops.
• Add onion, fresh coriander, turmeric, chili powder, paprika and salt.
• Mix well and then stir in the potatoes.
• Stir for a few minutes, sprinkle with about 1/2 cup of water, turn heat very low, cover and cook for 25-20 minutes or until potatoes are done.
• Shake saucepan occasionally to prevent sticking.
• Add garam masala and lemon juice about 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time.

SIMPLE DRY POTATO CURRY WITH SESAME SEEDS

Steps:

• Rinse off the potatoes, pierce the skin of each potato in a couple of places, and cook them on high in the microwave until tender.
• Remove the potatoes from the microwave and let them cool for 30 minutes (or for several hours if you are not in a rush to use them).
• When you are ready to make the potato curry, peel the potatoes and roughly dice them. Set aside.
• In a large nonstick frying pan put the oil, sesame seeds, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds.
• Heat the oil over medium-high heat. When the mustard seeds have started popping for about 15 seconds, add the potatoes.
• Use a spatula to flip over the potatoes as they cook. Cook until you get quite a number of brown spots on the potatoes (about 8 minutes).
• Sprinkle the cayenne powder and salt on the potatoes and cook and mix another minute or two.
• The potatoes can also be steamed or boiled. Green beans can also be made this way. Optional: Add 1 teaspoons sambar powder.
• Note: (a). Instead of the 2 Table. sesame seeds, 1 teaspoons black mustard seeds and 1 teaspoons cumin seeds in the original recipe, substitute with 1 teaspoons ground cumin, 1 teaspoons ground coriander, 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder and 1/2 teaspoons turmeric. This variation can also be made into a wet curry by adding water to the frying pan after adding the potatoes. Add 1/2 cup of water at a time until you have reached the desired consistency. Additional salt and cayenne powder may have to be added. (b.) Reduce the amount of potatoes and add different vegetables such as cooked carrots, green beans and/or peas. (c.) Garam masala may also be added to any of these potato curry recipes.

SIMPLE DRY POTATO CURRY WITH FENNEL

Steps:

• Rinse off the potatoes, pierce the skin of each potato in a couple of places, and cook them on high in the microwave until tender.
• Remove the potatoes from the microwave and let them cool for 30 minutes (or for several hours if you are not in a rush to use them).
• When you are ready to make the potato curry, peel the potatoes and roughly dice them. Set aside.
• In a large nonstick frying pan put the oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and the fennel seeds.
• Heat the oil over medium-high heat. When the mustard seeds have started popping for about 15 seconds, add the potatoes and turmeric.
• Use a spatula to flip over the potatoes as they cook. Cook until you get quite a number of brown spots on the potatoes (about 8 minutes).
• Sprinkle the cayenne powder and salt on the potatoes and cook and mix another minute or two.
• Note: You can also make this into a wet curry by adding 1/2 cup water after you add the potatoes and turmeric. Keep adding water, 1/2 cup at a time, until you have reached the desired consistency. You may need to adjust the cayenne and salt amounts if making a wet curry. Another variation is to reduce the potatoes to 3 or 4 and add other vegetables such as carrots, peas, cauliflower and/or green beans.

"DRY" POTATO AND CAULIFLOWER CURRY

Steps:

• Par boil the potatoes for around 3 minutes. Drain and allow to cool.
• Heat the oil in a wok and stir fry the kalonji seeds and sliced chilies for a minute.
• Sprinkle over the turmeric.
• Add the potatoes and cauliflower and sir fry for 3 minutes.
• Turn the heat to low, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
• Remove the lid, add the salt and stir fry until the potatoes are fully cooked.