Potato Curry (Ala Hodi )

How to prepare Potato Curry in Sri Lanka

Boiled potatoes well cooked on thick coconut milk is the basic recipe of this particular food item. Selected as one of the favorite curries among the local citizens, Potato curry can be accompanied with almost any main course and nutritious wise the curry it self stands on a stable stage.

Ingredients
1) 2 Large potatoes (peeled, washed and chopped into cubes)
2) 1 Large onion chopped length wise

3) 2 Green or red (dried) chillies
4) 1 tbsp Fenugreek
5) 2 tbsp Oil
6) 1-2 tbsp Curry powder (adjust to taste)
7) Curry leaves
8) Salt to taste
9) Cocunut Milk
10) Tamarind water
11) Lemon juice (optional)
  

Method
* Heat the oil in a wok or a saucepan and add fenugreek first followed by onions (Fenugreek goes brown very fast ).
* Add chillies and curry leaves, fry till golden
* Add potato fry for 2 minutes
* Add salt and chilli powder fry for another minute
* Then add water or coconut milk to cover the potatoes
* Let it cook for about 10 minutes while stirring in between (Taste test the salt)
* Once the potatoes are cooked stir well and the curry is ready. At this stage add milk or coconut milk to make more gravy. Can also add tamarind water or lemon juice to finish it off.

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