Potato & Onion Curry

Click to Enlarge	Potato & Onion Curry India - Tari Aloo
	Serves Effort: Sched: DoAhead:	2 main ** 45 min Most	A simple light main or side and a popular brunch dish through much of India. Chunks of potato float in an aromatic onion sauce with just a touch of chili. This dish is reheatable.

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Potatoes (1)
Onion
Chili Serrano
Ginger root
Coriander seeds
Turmeric
Chili powder (2)
Oil (3)
Mustard Seeds
Channa Dal (4)
Water
Salt
Lemon Juice
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Cilantro

PREP

Boil the POTATOES in their skins until just cooked through, drain and chill well. Strip off skins and cut into 1/2 inch cubes using a thin knife to avoid crumbling.
Slice ONION fairly thin and chop medium, mix with Potatoes.
Chop CHILI and GINGER fine, mix.
Grind CORIANDER and mix with Turmeric and Paprika.
Squeeze LEMON JUICE.
Chop CILANTRO.

RUN

Heat Oil and stir in Mustard Seeds. When the seeds are popping well, stir in the Channa Dal and fry stirring until dal turns golden. Reduce heat and stir in Chili/Ginger Mix and fry stirring 2 minutes or until ginger starts to color,
Stir in Turmeric mix for just a moment, then Potato/Onion mix. Fry stirring and scraping the bottom to prevent burning until onions start to color (or it becomes too difficult to scrape the bottom).
Add 2 cups Water and Salt to taste. Simmer covered for about 15 minutes and crush a few potato pieces to thicken.
Taste for salt, then stir in Lemon Juice and take off heat. Serve garnished with Cilantro

NOTES:

Potatoes: "All purpose" potatoes like White Rose work very well. Waxy boilers may remain too firm and russets will disintegrate too much. See my Potato Page for details.
Chili Powder: This should be a very mild chili powder like Kashmir, or use paprika.
Oil: I have cut the oil to less than half what the original recipe specified - less rich but more appropriate to our "information culture".
Chana Dal: This is split and peeled Chickpeas (the Indian ones are smaller than ours). If you don't have them you can get away without them.
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