Alur Dam ( Potato Special )

Ingredients:

• Potato : 250 gm ( cut into two halves)
• Fresh Curd : 100 gm.
• Fresh coconut : grated ( 1/2 cup)
• Ginger-green chilliy paste : 2tsp
• dry peanut : 4tsp
• Curry leaves : 4tsp ( stir fried in refined oil)
• Mustard seeds (1tsp ) and a few green chillies for CHAUNK
• Refined oil : 4tsp
• A pinch of Asafoetida.
• Salt to taste.
• Sugar :1tsp

Procedure:
Boil the potatoes. Peel off the skin. Beat the curd, with salt and sugar, and keep aside. Fry the grated coconut, coarsely powdered peanuts, and stir fried curry leaves in 1 tsp oil.

Heat the remaining oil and fry the potatoes in refined oil till golden brown. Add ginger, green chilly paste along with a pinch of asafoetida. Add the beaten curd. Saute for a couple of minutes. Bring to boil. Sprinkle coconut, peanut and curry leaves mixture on top. Finally allow the the mustard seeds and green chllies to splatter in 1 tsp oil and pour the CHAUNK into the potato mixture.

Serve hot with chapati/parantha/puri/roti.