Green Papaya Curry (Pachadi)

This dish did not turn out to be as good as I would have hoped. I guess, we need to have some more trial on this.

Potato Masala Fry

My husband makes this potato fry, which is the favorite for my kids. Here is the recipe. Measurements are approximate, use your judgment. We love spicy food, so most of our cooking turns out to be very spicy.


Ingredients:

6 medium sized potatoes, cut to about 1/2" cubes
1.5 cup chopped onions
2 tbsp oil
7-8 green chilly, sliced sideways (French-cut)
1 sprig curry leaves
2 ts coriander powder
1 teaspoon red chilly powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
salt (to taste)
coriander leaves (optional)

1. Heat oil in a skillet.
2. Add onions and green chilly. Allow the onions to cook and turn golden. Add the curry leaves. Mix them if necessary.
3. Add coriander powder, turmeric powder and chilly powder to the onions and mix well.
4. Add the cut potatoes and salt. Mix them thoroughly with the onions, so that the mixture gets evenly distributed on the potatoes.
5. Lower the heat to medium. Cover the skillet and let it cook. If required mix once in a while to make sure that the potatoes does not get burnt.
6. When the potatoes are ready, take out and garnish with coriander leaves.
7. Serve hot with rice.

Why?

I am not a great cook, not even a good one. While at school and college, I escaped from helping out my mom with her cooking, by giving excuses that I have to study. By the time I got married, I never had cooked anything by myself. So you can imagine, how it was, living in a state away from home, and trying to cook something for your husband. I was practically in tears! Luckily for me, my husband, knew more about cooking than I did. So the journey started without much trouble... Even these days his dishes are much tastier. I thought I would document some of our creations here. Someday if my kids wanted to make their favorite dishes that their mom & dad made, here it is..

Most of the recipes will not have measurements that would be accurate. Use your own judgment. Drop a note on any comments that you may have.