Bombay Potatoes Recipe.
Bombay Potatoes
Bombay Potatoes.
This is a very simple potato recipe. It is used all over India and is basically a side dish but can be used as main dish too. It is very easy to make and makes any food very tasty. People carry this dish during travelling and eat it with puri and mango pickle. This dish is a side dish to any curry, chicken, lamb or vegetarian. It's also a great way to use leftover cooked boiled potatoes. Very easy and very tasty dish to make.
Ingredients:
Serves 4
1. Potatoes : 450 gm/ 1 pound, halved.
2. Ground turmeric: 1 Tsp
3. Ghee / Vegetable oil : 4 Tsp
4. Dried Red Chilli : 1
5. Green chillies: 2 finely chopped.
6. Curry Leaves : 6
7. Nigella seeds / Kalonji : ½ Tsp
8. Mustard seeds : ½ Tsp.
9. Onion Seeds : ½ Tsp
10. Cumin seeds : ½ Tsp
11. Funnel seeds : ½ Tsp
12. Asafoetida : ½ Tsp
13. Onions: 2 finely chopped.
14. Chopped coriander / cilantro : 5 Tsp
15. Juice of ½ lemon
16. Salt to taste.
Method:
1. Take a heavy base large pan. Put the potatoes in the pan.
2. Now put cold water in the pan just enough to cover the potatoes.
3. Add a pinch of salt and half tsp of turmeric powder to the water.
4. Bring the water to boil and then simmer the heat and cook for 10 minutes.
5. Now drain the potatoes and keep the water aside.
6. Now in another heavy base pan heat the Ghee and add dried red chilli and curry leaves in the Ghee. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes stirring occasionally till red chilli gets blackish in colour
7. Now to this add remaining turmeric powder , fresh chilli, nigella seeds, mustard seeds and onion seeds.
8. Now add to this cumin seeds, fennel seeds, asafoetida, fresh coriander and onions and cook for 5 to 6 minutes stirring occasionally till the onions soften.
9. Now add the potatoes in this and stir for them to blend in this mixture
10. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
11. Now the potatoes would be softened and ready to serve.
12. Squeeze the lemon on the potatoes and serve hot .
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Comments
mmm, sounds delicious. I have eaten it in an Indian restaurant before, but never tried to make it. This sounds so simple though, I might give it a try.
Could you tell me what Asafoetida is please, as I haven't heard of that before.
Yes this does sound very tasty! Great easy to understand instructions as well.
This sounds great. I love Indian food and will definately be making this.
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Hi imogen thanks for the comment and asafoetida is also called Hing. It is very nice smelly powder and gives a unique aroma to the dish. It has many medicinal properties too. You can google it too and i have put an amazon link where you can order it too.
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Thanks Jenubouka, J Burgaff and pinkish for the comments.
Ciao, this recipe seems very delicious. I'll try it!
Images made me hungry, lol!!! Looks tasty, thank you for the recipe!!!
must be delicious
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Thanks ana and radhakrishnan
it seems delicious.............i m very very excited to make it............n to eat also....... :)
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Thanks Priyanka
very tasty recipe indain chef.voted up
Seems tasty, will give a try
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Thanks nityanad and radhakrishanan
i like indian recipeis but only veg, b'couse i'm vegetarian.
This sounds very good! I love potatoes as a side dish and will have to try this! Thank you for sharing your recipe! :)
These pictures are so delicious looking! I can see why this is such a popular dish. Sounds and looks wonderful.
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Thanks sgbrown and pegcole17
A very simple yet looks yummy recipe....i will try this one,sooner or later i will be eating indian food recipe.
Indian Chef, In particular, I appreciate the presence of all the seeds! What do you serve as a drink when Bombay potatoes are side dishes to curry?
Respectfully, and with many thanks for sharing, Derdriu
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Well Derdriu we usually drink water with our food. We Indians do not drink alcohol with our food normally in home. So plain glass of water with food is served usually to drink but depending upon the weather you can be served coke, kanji, tea or anything with or after meals.
Easy and delicious recipe.. Will try it soon..
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Thanks Navnith
So glad I've found you on Hub Pages! I love Indian food and will try this and your other recipes just as soon as I stock up on some of the ingredients. I have bookmarked this page for reference. Again, thanks for sharing your expertise.
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Thanks Wabash
looks good to eat
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Thanks Julia
You are an amazing chef.
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Thanks Beth
I had to look up several ingredients like the nigella seeds and asafoetida. After reading about them and knowing the other ingredients, this potato recipe sounds really tasty. Up, useful, interesting votes and will share. Thanks for giving us the recipe!
Hi Indian chef. Thanks for sharing this recipe, I love Indian food and Bombay potatoes, now I know how to make them the right way.
These look delicious. Asafoetida is the only ingredient I do not have. Would the recipe be ruined w/out it?
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Thanks Peggy. It is very easy to make and is definitely very tasty. Thanks for share
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Thanks Bac2basics. I hope when you try it you would like how it tastes.
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Thanks dirt farmer and no it wont ruin it but it might not taste as good.
This looks really, really good, and I happen to have some fennel seeds! Voted up and useful! :)
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Thanks Suzanne
Interesting recipe. Thanks. Voted up and shared.
Bombay potatoes sound and look delicious! Thanks for sharing a unique, healthy and tasty recipe.
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Thanks Rajan and Rebeccamealey
These sound very spicy. I love potatoes, but I would have to figure out a way to make them a little more mild, but they do look so delicious and yummy!
Voted up, useful, interesting, awesome, pinned to my 'Delicious Side Dishes' board, and sharing.
lovely and yummy too, i would be trying it out, shared and voted up
My gosh, this sounds good and makes me very hungry. I love finding new ways to fix potatoes and this is a great recipe. I hope I can find all the ingredients your recipe calls for, like the Nigella seeds / Kalonji and Asafoetida -- I do not know what those are. I might find them at World Market. Thanks for sharing this.
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Thanks Au Fait for all sharing and comment. You can put less spices if you want it milder.
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Phyllis, thanks for the comment and you can find them on Ebay and Amazon. You can check them on this hub only.
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Thanks young hopes
I love potato recipes, and this one looks delicious! Thanks for sharing it with us, and have a great day!
~ Kathryn
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Thanks moonlake and Kthryn
This sounds good we always have lots of potatoes since my husband works for potato farm. Voted up.
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Thanks moonlake
i don't have those seeds, what can i replace?
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Peachpurple they are easily available online like on Amazon, I put couple of them for ur convenience
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