Aloo Podi Curry

It’s a great dish. I prepared this podi by home itself . It gives very good taste to this dish. You can use this podi for any veggie fry or varuval. You can keep this podi in a tight container and use for any other recipes. This goes well with steamed rice/ idli/dosa…

Ingredients
(For Podi)
Bengal gram/channa dhal - 2 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds – 1-1/2 tsp
Dry Red chillies- 8
Hing - small piece
Salt to taste
(For Curry)
Chopped Onions – 1 (big)
Toor Dal – 1/4 cup
Chopped Tomatoes – 1(big)
Boiled Potatoes – 1 cup (cubed)
Chopped Drumstick – 10 pieces
(For Saute)
Coriander Leaves – few
Curry Leaves – few
Vengaya Vadagam – 1 tsp
(For Paste)
Coconut – 4 tsp
Cashew – 2 tsp
Curd – 2 tsp
Method
Dry roast all the ingredients except salt, cool it and grind slightly coarsely with salt.
In a pressure cooker, cook toor dal till 3 to 5 whistles comes out.
In a kadai, heat oil. Add chopped onions, fry till it becomes mushy.
Then add chopped tomatoes fry another 2 to 3 minutes. Then add 3 tsp of podi and mix well.
Now add boiled potatoes and drumstick pieces then fry for a minute.
In a blender add all the ingredients which are under “for paste” and grind it as a coarse paste.
Then add cooked toor dal and 1 cup of water. Let it cook for 5 to 10 minutes on a low flame.
Finally add the cashew paste and cook for another 2 minutes.
In a pan, heat oil. Add vengaya vadagam, curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves and saute for few seconds.
Then switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves.