Today’s recipe is a lovely tomato and potato curry, which my mother calls her tomatish potato dish. It is a simple and easy to prepare dish that you will certainly like.

Tomato and Potato Curry

Time taken: 30 mins

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• Potato – 1
• Tomato – 1
• Onion – ½
• Green chilli – 1
• Crushed red chillies – 1 tsp
• Ginger – ½ tsp, crushed
• Garlic – ½ tsp, crushed
• Salt, to taste
• Low fat oil, for frying

Method:

1. Boil the potato and then, peel and chop it into smaller pieces.
2. Lightly fry the potato pieces and keep aside.
3. Heat a little oil in a pan and lightly fry the chopped green chilli, ginger and garlic. Add the chopped tomato pieces and crushed red chillies to the pan and continue frying for a few minutes.
4. Remove the pan from the stove and transfer its contents to a blender to grind it to a paste.
5. Transfer the tomato paste back to the pan and heat it over a low heat.
6. Add the fried potato pieces to the pan and salt, to taste. Stir well.
7. Serve the tomato and potato curry with rice or pittu.

Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.