Poori Masala

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1.Cut 2 medium size Potatoes into 2-3 pieces and pressure cook for 3 whistles, adding lil turmeric.
2.Peel off 1 big onion and chop it longitudinally and also finely chop 1 tomato.

3.Heat 3-4 tbsps oil in a pan, add mustard, green chillies, curry leaves, ginger pieces and chopped onion. Once the onion is fried well,add tomatoes.
4.When the mixture is getting cooked, add a pinch of turmeric powder, 1/2 tbsp of red chilli powder and salt. Adding salt at this stage, helps the tomato to dissolve nicely.
Peel the potatoes and mash them slightly.
5. Add peeled potatoes and add a lil water. Mix water in 1-2 spoons of channa dhal and add this mixture. Let this cook for about 5 mins.
Once the mixture starts boiling, turn off the stove.
Add salt, if needed. Serve with Hot pooris/rotis

Comments

  1. Priya VenkateswaranNovember 8, 2009 at 3:14 PM

    Yummy ! I tried this one, adding a dash of lemon juice at the end.

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  2. Vidhya AruneJanuary 13, 2010 at 12:28 AM

    Good. If you like Lemon, adding will make the taste better.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Vidhya AruneJanuary 13, 2010 at 12:29 AM

    Good. Glad you tried. Yeah, some like with lemon :)-

    ReplyDelete

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