ALU BHAJI

I learnt this dish from the cook who cooked for us and our guests for about a week, just before Shruthi's wedding. It tasted very good and everyone liked it. It is very easy too. Another good thing about this is, the ingredients needed to make this, is almost always there in everyone's kitchen. Want to try? Here is the recipe. Make the bhaji and give me the feedback.

Ingredients:

4 medium sized potatoes- cooked and mashed
2 medium sized onions- finely cut
1 big tomato- finely cut
1" piece ginger- grated
1/2 teaspoon mustard
1 pinch turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder
about 1 cup of water
1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder.
1 tablespoon cut coriander leaves
1 teaspoon oil
salt to taste
juice of half lemon


Procedure:

Keep kadai on the stove and put oil. Add mustard seeds. When it sputters, add ginger and cut onions. Fry for a minute and add turmeric and chilly powder. Mix well and add cut tomatoes. Fry till tomato is soft. Add mashed potatoes and add about a cup of water, salt and mix well. Let it boil for two minutes. Add garam masala and mix well. Turn off the stove. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.

This is actually a gravy like sabji and so if it becomes hard on keeping, add some more water to get the proper consistency and boil for a minute. (There is a notion that after adding lemon juice you should not boil the dishes since the taste turns bitter. Actually it is not so)

Serves three or four.