Life In Black White And Yellow: Potato

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Easy potato snack for kids

Mash 1 boiled potato and add 2 table spoon corn flour. Add enough salt. Make lemon sized balls and flatten into oval shape. Deep fry and serve hot with ketchup.

Mix 1/2 cup wheat flour, 1 tsp yeast, 1/4 cup warm water, 1/2 cup grated cheese, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger and 1 boiled potato and form a smooth dough. Can add 1 tsp black pepper powder to make it bit spicy. Let the dough sit for 15 minutes. Shape into oval shaped rolls and deep fry. Serve hot with ketchup or coriander chutney.

Potato fritters

Boil 1 potato and slice it into small pieces. Add 1/2 tsp salt,1/2 tsp turmeric powder,1 tsp chopped curry leaves, 1 tsp chopped green chillies, chopped ginger and 2 table spoon chopped onion.All should be finely chopped. Shape the mixture into lemon sized balls. Mix them in a thick batter made of 1 cup chick pea flour and 1 tsp salt. Deep fry in oil. Serve hot with ketchup.

Sabudana vada

Soak 2 cups sabudana in water for 4 hours. Mix this 2 mashed potatoes, 2 tsp thinly sliced green chillies, 2 tsp chopped ginger, 4 tsp rushed cashew, 4 table spoon grated coconut, 1 tsp asafoetida, 1 tsp turmeric powered, 2 tsp chopped curry leaves and enough salt. Make small cookie sized shapes from the dough and deep fry in oil. Serve hot.

Carrot and potato stir fry

Heat oil and add 1 tsp mustard, 1 table spoon red chilli flakes, 4-5 curry leaves and 1 table spoon chopped garlic. Saute well. Add 1/2 sliced onion. Mix well. Add chopped potato and carrot (one each).Pour salt and 1 tsp turmeric powder. Stir and sauté until cooked.

Aloo tikki

Boil and mash 4 medium sized potatoes. Add 1/2 tsp jeera powder, 2 slices of bread (made into crumps), 2 table spoon corn flour, salt, 1 tsp red chilli powder and 1/2 tsp garam masala to the potato mix. Mix well and make oval shaped patties. Shallow fry them.Serve hot with dahi, spices, chopped coriander powder and tamarind chutney.

Baked potato and pea samosas

Make dough using 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour, salt, oil and enough water. Peel and boil two potatoes. When they are done, cut them into small cubes.Heat oil and add cumin seeds (1tsp). To this, add 1/2 a cup of frozen green peas and 1tsp chopped green chillies. Mix in salt, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp red chili powder,1/2 tsp turmeric powder and 1/2 tsp garam masala. Finally, add potatoes and 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves. Mix well and remove from fire. Roll out the dough into circles and cut each one into semicircular shapes. Paste the edges with water.Make a cone and fill in with the cooked potato-pea mixture. Seal the edges and bake the samosas at 400F for 25 minutes(turn them over half way through).