POTATO PODIMAS

This vegetable tastes best when had with onion sambhar. My mom used to make this on Sundays.

Ingredients :

Potatoes boiled – 3

Salt to taste

Lemon juice – 1 tbsp

Curry leaves – 5-6

Tempering :

Oil – 1 tbsp

Green chillies slit lengthwise – 3-4

Ginger – 1” mashed (retain the piece so that it can be removed once the flavor enters the veggie)

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Rai – 1 tsp

Method :

1)     Mash the potatoes and keep aside

2)     In a pan, take oil, splutter rai, urad dal, green chillies and ginger

3)     When the dal become light pink, add the mashed potatoes

4)     Add salt, curry leaves and cook on low flame for 5-10 mins

5)     Remove the ginger piece and add lemon juice.

 Note : some people put coconut, but i dont prefer the taste of coconut in this vegetable