Potato Curry Recipe - Easy Kerala Style Potato Curry Recipe

Our today recipe is a Kerala style potato curry. This curry is very easy to prepare and goes well with Roti’s, Idiyappams and Parota.

This is an Ideal dish for beginners / bachelors who want explore the venture into cooking. The recipe requires very less ingredients and less complex steps. It’s impossible to go wrong in this recipe.

Let’s get into the recipe now.

Ingredients:

Potatoes, cubed - 2 medium sized

Onion, chopped - 1 medium sized

Ginger, chopped – 1 tsp

Garlic, chopped – 1 tsp  

Green chillies, slit through the middle - 4-5

Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup (optional)

Water - 2 cups

Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

Oil - 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Curry leaves – garnish

Preparation:

Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. To this, add the ginger, garlic and green chillies. Saute for a minute, now add onions, curry leaves and salt and wait for the onions to turn slightly brown.

Reduce the heat; add the turmeric and sauté for 30 seconds. Now add the cubed potatoes and mix well such that the potatoes are coated with the masala. Now add water, increase the heat and wait for it to boil properly. Then reduce the flame and allow it to cook with lid on for 10 - 15 minutes.  

Finally add the coconut milk and wait for it to boil for another 2 minutes. Check for seasoning and add salt if required.

Turn off the heat, Hot and creamy potato curry is ready to be served.