Simple Potato fry

This is the simplest potato fry but very tasty. This is a big specialty of my mom and even though it is very easy to make, this is a huge hit among my school and college friends. My mother used to mix this with rice and name it 'potato rice' :). I used to take this for lunch with an egg or papad. My friends just love the taste and I always used to carry an extra box for them too. This post will also be useful for beginners in cooking and also, it can be made in a jiffy. So, here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Potato - 5 (small size)
2. Big onion - 1/2 (finely chopped).
3. Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
4. Garlic - 1 flake (crushed)
5. Sambhar powder - 2 and 1/2 tsp
6. Salt as needed

To temper:

1. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
2. Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
3. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
4. Asafoetida - 2 pinches
5. Oil -3tbsp (refer notes)

Method:

1. Cut the onion and potato finely.

 


2. Heat oil in kadai, add mustard. Once it splutters, add urad dal. Add asafoetida and curry leaves after urad dal turns slightly brown.

3. Add the onion and garlic and saute till the onions turn golden brown. Add the potato, turmeric powder and stir. Add sambhar powder and salt.

4. Cook till the potato turns soft while stirring occasionally. Potato fry is ready!.

Notes:

1. You can increase the sambhar powder or add chilli powder if you want it more spicy.
2. This will be enough for serving 3 people.
3. As mentioned, you can mix it with rice also. Its also a great accompaniment with dal, sambhar or rasam.
4. We always use gingelly oil for this recipe. You can try with other oil too. You may increase 1tbsp of oil if you want to mix it with rice.