Potato Pulusu | Bangaladumpa Pulusu | Andhra pulusu
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Ingredients (240 ml cup used)
- 4 medium sized potatoes (cubed) (regular or sweet potatoes)
- 2 big onions chopped small
- few coriander leaves with tender stalks
- fistful of tamarind soaked in warm water
- ¼ to ½ tsp coriander powder (optional)
- Generous pinch of methi powder (fenugreek seeds / menthulu powder)
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- 1 tbsp. Jaggery/ sugar
- 3 tbsp. oil
- 2 green chilies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ½ tsp. mustard (optional)
- ½ tsp. cumin
- ½ tsp. fenugreek
- Salt to taste
How to make the recipe
- Heat a deep pan with oil, add mustard, cumin, fenugreek, when they start to crackle, add chilies and curry leaves.
- Add onions & little salt and fry for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add Potatoes, fry for another 3 minutes.
- Add turmeric, salt, red chili powder & jaggery. Mix and fry well for 2 minutes. Do not burn.
- Squeeze & filter tamarind juice to the pan. Sauté well.
- Cook for 2 to 3 mins on a medium flame with the lid closed.
- Pour 2 ½ cups of water to the pan and mix well and cook till the potatoes are fully cooked.
- Add coriander powder, methi seeds powder and coriander leaves and cook further for 2 to 3 minutes.
Notes
Some variety of potatoes don’t get cooked well once tamarind juice is added, i suggest adding tamarind juice at the end in case you have difficulty soft cooking potatoes
