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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Peel the potatoes and prick them well with a fork. | 2. Soak them for 1 hour with 4 cups of water and the kosher salt. | 3. Meanwhile, put the almonds, sesame seeds, black cardamom, coriander, and 1 teaspoon of cumin seed in a small cast iron skillet and dry-roast, stirring frequently, until the almonds turn golden in spots. | 4. Put in a spice or coffee grinder and grind as finely as possible. | 5. Put the garlic and ginger, along with 1/3 cup water, into a blender, blending to a smooth paste. | 6. Drain the potatoes and wipe them well. | 7. Heat the oil in a heavy 10-inch wide pot over a medium flame. Put in the potatoes and fry them until golden brown on all sides. | 8. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. | 9. Add remaining 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds to the oil and stir once. Put in the onion.Fry, stirring, until the onion turns light brown. | 10. Add the 5 cardamom pods, cayenne, and turmeric. | 11. Fry and stir for a few seconds. Put in the ginger paste, the spice mixture, and 1 teaspoon salt, continuing to stir. | 12. Whenever the mixture seems to dry up, add a tablespooon of yogurt. Keep stirring and frying, adding yogurt whenever necessary, until the yogurt is used up. | 13. Add the garam masala and 1/2 cup water, mixing well. | 14. Put in the potatoes and mix gently. | 15. Cover the pot tightly with foil and then with its own lid. | 16. Turn the heat to very low and cook for about 30 minutes or until potatoes are cooked through. | 17. Stir gently a few times, always replacing the foil and lid. Remove from heat and serve when potatoes are fully cooked. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
potato	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
kosher salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
kosher salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
almond	8 -10		blanched	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sesame seed	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
black cardamom pod	2			-	-	-	-
coriander seed	2	teaspoons		10.728	1.9796	0.4453	0.6397
cumin seed	1 1/2	1/2		11.8125	1.3936	0.561	0.7015
garlic clove	4		peeled chopped	-	-	-	-
ginger	1	tablespoon	minced	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
vegetable oil	8	tablespoons		937.8560000000001	0.0	0.0	108.8
onion	1		peeled chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
cardamom pod	5		crushed	-	-	-	-
turmeric	1/4	teaspoon		2.34	0.5036	0.0726	0.0244
cayenne	1/4	teaspoon		1.431	0.2548	0.054000000000000006	0.0777
plain yogurt	1	cup		-	-	-	-
garam masala	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.