Side Dish – Spicy Potato fry with onions and green chillies

This is the holiday Season that every one is busy looking for a great side dish recipe to add to their party menu. I just cannot think of a party meal without good old potatoes. This is a very flavorful and easy to prepare  potato fry that gives a very rich and authentic taste with a good amount of spiciness, but not enough to hurt!  The Combination of spices goes well with the creamy boiled potatoes, caramelized onions and touch of tamarind adds the sweet and Tangy flavor to enrich your taste buds. This dish is traditionally prepared one day before the serving, so all flavors will be wonderfully absorbed to the potatoes.

Ingredients:

5 Potatoes, boiled and skinned
2 Onions (chopped finely)

1tsp Chili powder

1 green chili chopped

1/4tsp Turmeric powder

1 Cinnamon stick

1/2tsp Mustard seed (grounded)

5-6 Curry leaves

Salt

1 Tbl Spoon Tamarind Juice

Directions:

1. Cut the potatoes into 1-2 inch cubes.

2. Heat the oil in a pan, and add the onions and curry leaves. When partially fried, reduce the heat.

3. Add the chili powder, cinnamon stick, mustard seeds, green chili, turmeric and fry for a few seconds.

4. Add the potatoes and Tamarind Juice to the to the pan and stir.

5.Cook for about 3-5 minutes stirring periodically. Remove from the heat and serve with rice or bread/Roti

Note: You can make the Tamarind Juice by adding a little hot water to the Tamarind paste. Tamarind paste is available in any super market,(Asian food section). You can use Lime juice as a substitute.