Potatoes in Hot Red Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp Sugar
• 4 Garlic pods
• 4 Curry leaves
• ¼ tsp Asafoetida
• 1½ tsp Cumin seeds
• 6 tbsps Vegetable Oil
• 2 tbsps Tomato puree
• Salt according to taste
• 450 gms Small New Potatoes
• 4 tbsps Thick Tamariand juice
• Fresh Coriander sprigs to garnish
• 25 gms Dried Red Chillies, Preferably Kashmiri

Method:

1. Boil the potatoes until they are fully cooked, ensuring they do not break. To test, insert a thin sharp knife into the potatoes. It should come out clean when the potatoes are fully cooked. Drain well.
2. Soak the chillies for 5 minutes in warm water. Drain and grind with the cumin seeds and garlic to a coarse paste using a pestle and mortar or food processor.
3. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Fry the paste, tamarind juice, tomato puree, curry leaves, salt, sugar and asafoetida until the oil separates. Add the potatoes. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for about 5 minutes.
4. Garnish and serve.