Potato masala fry

Ingredients:

Potato - 2 medium
Curd - 1/4 cup
Oil - 1 tsp + 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

To grind:

Cinnamon stick- 2" inch
Cloves - 5
Nutmeg - a small piece
Peppercones - 10 small
Jeera - 1/4 tsp
Garlic pods - 2-3
Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp


Method:

1. Peel the potatoes and cut it into cubes.
2. Grind together all the ingredients under 'To grind' to a coarse paste. You can add 1 or 2 tbsp of water.
3. In a non stick pan, add potatoes, ground mixture, curd, a tbsp of oil and salt. Mix well.
4. Cook on low heat till all the moisture is gone, stirring in between to unsure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. It will take around 10 -15 minutes.
5. Once the potatoes are cooked , add a tsp of oil and fry for another 2 minutes.

Gobi manchurian

Ingredients:

Cauliflower/Gobi - 1 medium, cut into florets
Onion - 1 medium , chopped
Green chilly  - 2 -3 , slit length wise or chopped
Garlic - 2 cloves
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Corn flour - 2 tbsp
All purpose flour - 4 tbsp
Tomato sauce - 2 tbsp
Soy sauce - 1/8 tsp
Green chilly sauce - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Boil water and add salt and turmeric and cauliflower florets. Keep it aside for 10 min.
2. Make a batter with corn flour, all purpose flour , salt and water . The consistency of the batter should be semi thick . Add all the florets to the batter. Mix well so that each floret gets can be coated with the batter. Deep fry these florets and keep aside.
3. Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan. Add chopped onion and garlic and fry till onions turns light brown. Now add green chillies and fry for few seconds.
4. Then add tomato sauce, soy sauce, green chilly sauce and salt and mix well for a minute. You can add a tbsp of water if the consistency too thick.
5. Add the fried cauliflower florets to this and toss well till the florets get well coated with the manchurian mixture.
6. Finally you can garnish it with green part of spring onion. I didnt have spring onion, so I didnt use it.

Serve hot! Enjoy!!