Thursday, June 6, 2013

Tiny potatoes Masala roast - chinna urulai kizhangu masala varuval

I had seen these tiny tiny potatoes a long time ago in a lunch box when we all used to eat lunch under trees. I must have been in the sixth/seventh grade maybe. These were the tiniest potatoes I had ever seen. I initially thought they were peas or chickpeas but these were slightly larger than peas. On closer inspection and inquiry they were potatoes!

It took me a while to find them but the ones I found were slightly bigger. These are not that unattainable anyway they are found more or less all the time at Whole Foods. Sometimes they are really small other times a tiny bit bigger.

The tiny size that I want probably have to grow them myself. The sprouted potatoes I planted this time did not fare well so have to wait till next year for that experiment.

I wanted to oven roast the potatoes as per idea on FB but with soaring temperatures did not want to fire up the oven so settled on a trusty old recipe that my mother uses.Readers from FB had a lot of ideas. I have them on the list the next time I buy these potatoes.

Tiny Potatoes Masala Roast - Chinna Urulai Kizhangu masala varuval
Preparation Time:15 minutes
Cooking Time:20 minutes
Ingredients
  1. 1 lb small potatoes
  2. 1/4 cup red onion or shallots roughly chopped + 1 tbsp finely chopped
  3. 5 garlic cloves
  4. 6 red chilies
  5. 1 inch piece of ginger
  6. 1 tomato roughly chopped
  7. 1 tbsp oil
  8. 1/2 tbsp coriander powder or kuzhambu thool or any curry powder
  9. salt to taste
Method
  1. In a saute add a tsp of oil and saute the onions, ginger and garlic till the onion starts to turn brown. Add in the chilies and saute for a couple of minutes, followed by the tomatoes. Saute till the tomatoes are nice and mushy. Add in the masala powder give a good mix and transfer to a blender and blend to a smooth paste without adding water.
  2. Scrub the potatoes (we are not going to peel the skin so make sure it is clean) and boil them for about 10-12 minutes till they are just part way cooked.
  3. In a wide mouthed pan heat 1/2 a tbsp of oil and saute the finely chopped onions and then add in the potatoes and saute for 4-5 minutes.
  4. Add the masala paste and saute along with the potatoes on medium heat for another 10 minutes or so adding a bit of oil if it sticks too much. Add salt part way through.
Serve as a side for rice dishes or for chapathis.

3 comments:

  1. Here the new tiny potatoes have arrived and I would hav elov eto make something like this with those potatoes only thing is if i evne mentioning doing something like this Han sis like they one is eating double carb etc... and all that bla bla bla.

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  2. Yum! These look amazing! Definitely need to find some tiny potatoes at the market. :)

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  3. Omg, roast looks fabulous n droolworthy, love to have with some hot piping rasam rice.

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