Here is a quick and easy baby potato recipe that you can have either as a starter or a side dish. Try it today!

Baby potatoes in sambar masala recipe

Ingredients

• Baby potatoes: 250g
• Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
• Oil: 1tbsp
• Sambar masala powder: 1 heaped tbsp
• Salt: as per your taste preference

Method

1. Wash the baby potatoes and place in a pressure cooker with sufficient water. Cook for not more than two whistles.
2. Once the pressure settles, drain the water and place the potatoes in a colander. You may peel the potatoes or leave the skin on. Cut each potato into two halves.
3. In a pan, heat 1 tsp oil. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
4. Then add the potatoes and toss around.
5. Once they have browned a bit, lower the flame and add salt and sprinkle sambar masala evenly over the potatoes. Toss around so that the masala powder coats the potatoes well. Cover the pan and let it cook for few minutes.
6. Serve hot

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Broccoli patties are easy to make and go well with tomato ketchup, mint dip or chutney.

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded broccoli
• ⅓ cup boiled and mashed potato
• ¼ cup finely chopped onion
• 1 finely chopped green chilli
• ¾ tsp ginger garlic paste
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• ½ tsp garam masala powder
• Pinch of salt
• Bread crumbs or gram flour as needed
• Oil for shallow frying

Preparation method

1. In a bowl, mix together all the ingredients. Use your hands to make palm-sized patties from the mixture.
2. If the mixture seems too wet, then add some more gram flour or bread crumbs. The mixture should not be too dry or wet.
3. Heat oil in a tava or pan. Then shallow fry the patties on both sides till they are golden brown.
4. Serve hot.

This recipe first appeared in the November 2015 issue of Complete Wellbeing.

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