Fried potatoes with chiles and onions

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Potatoes - washed, boiled in water with their skins until just soft; then left to get cold
1 medium Onion
3 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 Clove garlic - crushed
½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
½ teaspoon Black mustard seeds
6 Thin green chiles , de-seeded and coarsely sliced (up to 10)
½ teaspoon Ground ginger
½ teaspoon Turmeric
¼ teaspoon Hot chile powder
1 teaspoon Ground coriander seed
Salt to taste

Directions

remove the skins from the potatoes and cut into approximately 1" dice (i.e.

quite large). cut the onion in half down through the growing tip to the root end. Cut each half into ⅛" thick slices. heat the oil in a large pan over a high heat. add the onion slices, cumin and mustard seeds and stir for a few minutes. add the crushed garlic and chiles, stir and fry for a minute then turn the heat down to low. Add the ginger,turmeric, chile powder and coriander and cook for 10 minutes add the diced potatoes and salt. Mix gently until the potato pieces are covered in oil and spices. Cook on a low heat for another 15 minutes stirring very gently (so as not to break up the potatoes) from time to time. serve garnished with more sliced green chiles.

Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V3 #227 by David Smith <david@...> on Jan 31, 1997.

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