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Baby potatoes in tomato and capsicum puree is a unique simple delicious side dish. In this recipe potatoes are cooked and soaked in tomato capsicum gravy. The gravy is the blend of ginger-garlic, fennel and sesame seeds.

This is a vibrant gravy has a satisfying, long-simmered taste, and tomatoes loaded with cancer-combating lycopene.  The peppers are blended to release its pungent flavour to the gravy. Onions and Garlic intensifies their flavour. The gravy can be made into a rich, creamy broth or leave the consistency a little chunky, as desired.

Yields: 2-3 servings
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• Baby potato- 10 number
• Chilli powder- 1tsp
• Coriander powder-1tsp
• Garam masala-1tsp
• Coconut milk- 1/2cup
• Corn starch/corn flour-1tbsp
• Salt- to taste
• Oil- 2 tsp
• Chopped coriander- a handful

For grinding:

• Chopped onion-1
• Chopped tomatoes-2medium
• Chopped bell peppers/capsicum-1medium
• Fennel seeds-1tsp
• Sesame seeds-2tbsp
• Ginger-1inch
• Garlic-3pods

Procedure:

For potatoes:

• Bring water to boil in a large sauce pan cook potatoes on medium-high heat until potatoes are fork tender about 8-10minutes(time varies depending on the size of the potatoes)
• Drain and allow it to cool a bit.
• Once cooled peel the skin and prick it with a fork to allow the gravy seep inside.

For the gravy:

• Dissolve corn starch in 2-3tbsp water and set aside.
• Combine onion, tomato, capsicum, fennel seeds, sesame seeds, ginger, garlic in the food processor and blend to the smooth puree and set aside.
• Heat oil in a pan add ground paste cook on a medium low flame for 2-3minutes.
• Then add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric, garam masala and continue to cook for 4-5minutes, stirring in between.
• Add corn starch-water mixture, coconut milk, salt, cooked potato mix well and simmer for 8-10minutes. Add water if the gravy is too thick and cook until it comes to boil.
• As the potatoes are coated well in gravy and heated through, turn off the flame.
• Garnish with chopped coriander.

Serve with Parathas/Kulchas/Orange rice (Click for recipes)

Note:

• Alternatively any kind of potatoes can be used if its big in size can chop into chunks and use

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