Potato Masala for Poori | Aloo Masala Recipe | Medley-Of-Flavours

Potato masala is a South-Indian recipe and it's the most common dish served along with Poori. It is simple to make and tastes great. Check out the recipe below. This can also be served with chapati/pulka.

Ingredients:

1. 4 Potatoes
2. 2 onions
3. 6-7  green chilies
4. 2 tbsp roasted chana dal powder
5. Water
6. Salt
7. 6-7 Curry leaves
8. 2 tbsp Oil
9. 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
10. Coriander 
11. 1 tbsp Chana dal
12. 1 tbsp Urad dal
13. 1/4 tsp turmeric
14. 1/2 lemon 

Preparation:

• Wash potatoes with water twice.
• In a vessel add water, salt and potatoes together and boil them. Or, pressure cook potatoes till it is boiled completely.
• Let the potatoes cool down, peel skin of boiled potatoes.
• Roughly chop boiled potatoes.
• Chop onions and green chilies.
• Take some roasted chana dal in a mixer jar and make roasted chana dal powder.

For Tempering:

• In a kadhai, heat oil and add mustard seeds.
• Let mustard seeds pop.
• Add chana dal, urad dal and let them turn golden brown.
• Add green chilies, curry leaves, turmeric. Saute them.

How to make Potato masala:

• Add Chopped onions into the tempering.
• Let it turn translucent.
• Add 1 & 1/2 cups of water.
• Add salt, roughly chopped potatoes and roasted chana dal powder.
• Mix everything well and let it boil for a while.
• Lastly, add chopped coriander leaves and squeeze some lemon juice.
• Mix it. Potato masala is ready to be served.

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Servings: 2

Peanut Chutney | How to make Peanut chutney | Medley-Of-Flavours

Peanut chutney is most common side dish served with most of the South-Indian dishes. It tastes amazing and compliments every dish served along with it very well. Check of the recipe below.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup peanuts
2. 3-4 green chilies
3. Salt
4. Water
5. 1/4 tsp tamarind
6. Mustard seeds
7. 1 tsp oil
8. Few Curry leaves

Tempering:

• In a tadka pan, heat a tbsp of oil.
• Add mustard seeds and let them pop.
• Add curry leaves and keep it aside

How to make Peanut chutney:

• In a pan, dry roast peanuts for 6-7 mins for on medium flame.
• Let it cool down.
• Remove the skin of peanuts.
• Add roasted peanuts, tamarind,salt,water into a mixer jar.
• Blend them together.
• Remove the mixture into a bowl.
• Top it with the tempering.
• Peanut chutney is ready to be served

Time: 15 mins

Servings: 2- 3

Check out other chutney recipes:

• Ginger chutney

• Onion chutney

• Pudina/mint chutney

Lunch Recipes:

• Pudina/Mint rice

• Vangibath

• Curd rice

Arrabiata Sauce Pasta | How to make Arrabiata Sauce pasta | Medley-Of-Flavours

Everybody loves to have pasta!! Isn't is? But, People usually opt for ready made pasta mix. Did you know it can be very easily made at home that too with very few ingredients? Don't worry check out this amazing recipe of Arrabiata sauce Pasta.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup pasta
2. 3 tomatoes
3. 1 Onion
4. 2 tbsp tomato ketchup(Hot & Sweet)
5. 2 tbsp Chili flakes
6. 3 tbsp Chopped garlic
7. Celery
8. Basil leaves
9. Salt
10. Cheese(Optional)
11. 2 tbsp oil
12. 1 tsp Olive oil

Preparation:

• Take 2 tomatoes and make puree out of it, with help of a blender.
• Finely chop Onions,garlic and celery. 
• Chop 1 tomato into small pieces.

How to make Arrabiata Sauce:

• In a pan, heat 2 tbsp oil.
• Add finely chopped onions, saute for a while by adding a pinch of salt.
• Add chili flakes,Celery ,tomato puree, tomato ketchup and cook for a while.
• Arrabiata sauce is ready.

How to make Arrabiata Sauce Pasta:

• In a vessel add 2 to 3 cups of water, 1 tsp salt & pasta and boil till pasta is cooked.
• Once pasta is boiled, strain excess water from pasta.
• Pour some oil on pasta and mix well, so that they do not stick to each other.
• In other pan, take arrabiata sauce add 3-4 tbsp of water let it boil.
• Add chopped Tomatoes and basil leaves if available.
• Now add the cooked pasta into the sauce.
• Add salt, mix everything well.
• Arrabiata sauce pasta is ready to be served.

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 20-25 mins

Servings: 2

Check out other Italian pasta:

• White sauce pasta