Yummy Potato Fry Konkani Flavors !!

Potato Coconut Fry is a delicious and easy recipe, with a blend of South Indian taste to the dish. The dish was a successful experiment with the potatoes which give it a crunchy flavor with fried coconut and slight sour blend of the lemons. Easy to cook within a few minutes, helps as an instant recipe that can be even cooked when you have very less time to serve food. Hope you enjoy this dish too !!

Recipe – Potato Coconut Fry

Serves: 4

15 minutes for preparation, 15 minutes for cooking

Ingredients:

• 3 large size potatoes
• 100 grams coconut
• 7-8 curry leaves
• 1 teaspoon small red mustard – rai
• 1 tablespoon saunf (fennel seeds)
• 2 pieces green chilies
• 1/3 cup coriander leaves
• 2 teaspoon lemon juice
• Salt as per taste
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 tablespoon ghee

Method:

1. Boil the potatoes and let them cool.
2. Once cooled, cut them into 1 inch pieces.
3. Grate the coconut.
4. Slice the green chilies and coriander leaves into tiny pieces.
5. Put ghee in the frying pan and let it heat.
6. Add rai (small mustard seeds, in case rai is not present you can also use the mustard seeds) , saunf (fennel seeds), curry leaves.
7. When they start spluttering add the potato pieces to it.
8. Toss the potatoes. Cook and toss them at intervals until the potatoes start turning reddish.
9. Now add the grated coconut to the pan and reduce the heat of the flame.
10. Toss well, this will stick the grated coconut to the potato pieces.
11. Add the sliced green chilies, coriander leaves and garam masala and toss again. Let cook for 3-4 minutes.
12. Add salt, sugar and then toss well; and let it cook for another 1 minute.
13. Now add lemon juice of 1/2 lemon and toss well. Let it cook for another 2 minutes.

You are now ready to serve Potato Coconut Fry garnished by coriander leaves with Dhaba Dal Tadka and Tandoori Roti.