Ingredients

• 6 medium size - potatoes
• 2 - lime
• 2 tsp - salt
• 1/4 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp - cooking oil
• 1/4 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1 tsp - black gram dal (urad dal)
• 1 tsp - Bengal gram dal (channa dal)
• 1 pinch - asafoetida
• curry leaves, a few
• 3 - chopped green chillies
• coriander leaves, a little

How to Make Potato Podimas

• Wash and cook the potatoes in the pressure cooker. Or you can boil them until they are soft and can be easily mashed. Once the potatoes cool down, peel them.
• Crumble the potatoes one by one by one gently pressing it between the palm and the thumb.
• Potatoes should not become mushy, and neither should there be very large lumps.
• Extract the juice of the lime, and add salt and turmeric powder and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and the mustard seeds.
• When it splutters add the dals and fry till they are golden in colour.
• Add asafoetida and the chopped green chillies.
• Add curry leaves, followed by the lime juice, salt and turmeric mixture.
• Stir once and switch off the flame immediately.
• This is done to remove any raw smell from the turmeric.
• Be careful to switch off within a second, as prolonged heating will make the lime juice bitter.
• Now add the crumbled potatoes and blend with all the seasoning.
• Garnish with chopped fresh coriander leaves.