Dosa Wale Aloo

                                                                           

                                                                     

This simple potato dish is a must have with dosa . It can either be served folded inside the dosa or on the side but the joy of eating a dosa is not complete without it. Of course there are various versions of this dish and, believe me, I have tasted many and, tried out several too, but the recipe I am sharing here is the one I have finally come to like the best.

For want of any other suitable name for this dish I call it dosa wale aloo but actually one can have it with pretty much everything. It goes well with dal chawal, paratha or even as a sandwich filling.

Ingredients:

1/2 kg potatoes
2 medium onions
1 inch ginger
1 green chilly
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Few curry leaves
2 tbsps oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
3/4 tsp split black gram ( urad dal )
3/4 tsp split bengal gram ( chana dal)
Pinch of asafoetida ( hing)

Method:    Wash and pressure cook potatoes.  Remove from the cooker and let it cool down a bit. Peel the potatoes and roughly break up.  Keep aside. Slice onions lengthwise , finely chop green chilly and ginger.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When it splutters add urad dal, chana dal and hing. When dals begin to change colour  add onions, green chilly, ginger and curry leaves. Saute till onions turn translucent. Do not brown. Then add turmeric powder, salt and potatoes. Mix well. Let it cook for a couple of minutes and then switch off the flame.