Spicy potato curry: For lonely nights and more...

Mom's cooking is the best I try to cook as well as her but never succeed. Having missed home all day, I decided to cook something Indian. I went to the kitchen and saw some potatoes which resulted into spicy potato curry :)

Step 1: Cut 4 medium side potatoes into small pieces. Cubes if you like. Make sure you place your potatoes in water to avoid oxidation and to remove excess starch. 

Step 2: Grind one medium size onion, some pieces of ginger root, chilly pepper and a handful of mint leaves into a thick paste.

These are some of the dry spices you would need. Cumin seeds, bay leaves, coriander powder and turmeric powder. These can be easily found at any spice stores or your Indian grocers.

Step 3: Into a pan add some cooking oil of your choice (butter, ghee, mustard, sunflower or olive oil would be good). The half table spoon of cumin seeds and bay leaves, let them crackle and turn slightly darker brown.

Step 4: Add your paste (mint, onion, chilly pepper and ginger) into the oil. Let the paste cook on a low to medium heat and add salt to taste. 

Step 5: Add some tomato puree/paste if you like. Else just cook for about 5 minutes and add the potatoes.

Step 6: Traditionally peas are added as well so if you like add peas or any other vegetables of your choice.

Step 7: Add about 3 cups of water and let to cook for about 20 minutes. When done it should look like the picture above. Now mash the potatoes slightly to give your curry a thick consistency. Serve hot with rice or bread of your choice.