Potato! Who doesn’t love this adorable starchy darling? Potato
is easy and quick to cook, filling and super satisfying to eat!
I have heard that potato is an immigrant in Indian
sub-continent. The British brought it in this land and now India is one of the
top potato producers in the world. Potato is one of the most popular vegetables
in India especially in the northern part. Though in South India also, potato constitutes
the main ingredient in many popular dishes like masala dhosa, I feel that it is
consumed more in North India. For example, we add a little potato in most of
our dishes though we do have some recipes without potato: we add whole round
potatoes, if relatively small, or big potatoes halved almost always in our regular
meat dishes, we fry potato in different shapes and sizes, we add potato cubes
almost in all vegetable curries in our daily meal, alur dom/dom alu – slow
cooked hot and spicy potato curry – is almost invariably on the menu in any festive
occasion!
When we were small, finely mashed potato was our baby food. I
still love it with a few drops of virgin mustard oil and shredded onion.
That evening I was home alone! I was enjoying my own company
and watching a movie and suddenly craved for a comfort much to complete the
pleasure!
So, I washed and peeled two large potatoes, and cut them
into pieces that you can see in the picture here. I soaked them in cold water for a few minutes,
drained all the water carefully. Then I added salt and a little turmeric and a
little sugar to the potatoes and mixed everything very well. I left this stand
for about 15 minutes. Then I drained the water that came out of the potatoes. I
heated mustard oil in a korai (traditional cast iron cooking pot, circular,
deep and thick) till the smoking point to get rid of the typical strong smell
of it, added the potatoes into the oil, reduced the flame and fried them. After
that I sprinkled a little black pepper powder on them and served to myself!
It was total foodgasm for my taste buds!
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