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Lasaniya batata recipe

garlic flavored potato curry
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: North Indian
Servings: 3 servings
Author: Jinoo Jayakrishnan
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Ingredients

To Grind

  • 2 medium sized tomatoes
  • 8-9 cloves garlic
  • 1 inch ginger

Potato fry

  • 2-3 medium sized potatoes
  • salt - to taste for the potatoes

For masala

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 no bay leaf
  • 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
  • 2 no cloves
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1/4 tsp cumin powder
  • 1/8 cup water - to saute the masala
  • 1 large onion - chopped finely
  • salt to taste - for the masala
  • 1 tbsp kasuri methi - crushed

Instructions

  • Grind raw: Tomatoes, garlic and ginger
  • Fry boiled potatoes. When cooking the potatoes, add salt. Fry them in oil until roasted.
  • Heat oil, crackle cumin seeds, bay leaf, cinnamon and cloves. saute till the aroma rises.
  • Put in all the masalas, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder. Sprinkle little bit of water and mix well immediately.
  • Add chopped onions and fry until pink.
  • Put in the ground masala from step 1, mix well and close and cook for a couple of minutes in medium flame until tomatoes are cooked and oil oozes out the sides.
  • Open, add Fried potatoes, salt and dried kasuri methi and mix well.