Potato Masala - Urulai kilangu Masala

Potato Masala

Ingredients:

1.Potato - 2 to 3(medium sized)

2.Onion - 2 (big onion).

3.tomato - 1

4.green chilli -3 (Split)

5.channadal(pottu kadalai) - 2tbsp

6.turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.

7.curry masala powder - 1/2 tsp.
8.red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp.

9.garlic - 3pods(crushed).

10.oil - 2tsps

11.curry leaves - 1 spring.

12.coriander leaves

13. mustard.

14.Salt as required.

Pre cooking steps:

1.On a dry mixer, powder the 2tbsp pottukadalai in to a fine powder mix it with 1/4 cup water and make a mixture.

2.finely chop the onions length wise and chop the tomatoes.

3.split the green chilli.

4.boil the potatoes and peel them and partly mash them.

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai,add mustard seeds after it splutters add curry leaves then followed by green chilli, onion and crushed garlic and turmeric powder.saute well add salt while sauteying,then add tomatoes and stir fry.add water and bring it to boil.once it comes to boil, add the mixture of pottukadalai powder and water to the kadai.stir while adding.the thickness of the curry will increase then add the partly mashed potatoes and stir well and add the coriander leaves and serve with poori.
The same kind of masala can be used for masala dosai too, but the consistency should be so very tight and thick to spread it over the dosa. for that u can add very little water and reduce the amount of pottukadalai powder also.