Mashed Potatoes

Potatoes are the favourite vegetable for everyone in the world.Potatoes provide the body with an essential source of fuel and energy, which you need even when dieting. As a rich carbohydrate source, they help to fuel all reactions in the body which you need for movement, thinking, digestion and cellular renewal.
This masiyal is a simple recipe and it goes well with sambhar rice …give a try…:)

Ingredients

     2 Potatoes
     1 Chopped Onion
     2 Garlic cloves
     1/2 tsp of Turmeric Powder
     2 tsp of Sambhar Powder
     Salt as needed

 To temper

     1tbsp of oil
     1tsp of Mustard
     1tsp of Urad dal
     1 Sprig of Curry Leaves
     Pinch of asafoetida

Method

•  Boil the potatoes in microwave for 3 mins.
•  Mash the potatoes with spoon or masher
•  Heat oil in pan and temper it with mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and asafoetida
•  Add chopped onion and fry till it changes transparent. Add chopped garlic to it.
• Sprinkle some salt, turmeric powder and sambhar powder. Mix it well.
• Add mashed potatoes to it and fry till oil seperates.
• Cover the pan with a lid and cook it in medium flame for 5 mins till masiyal becomes crispy.
• Swicth of the flame.
• Serve it with sambhar or curd rice

Tips
      

• If you don’t have sambhar powder you can add chilly powder
• you can add more oil so it makes potato crispy. Diet people don’t try this.
• Add garlic to all potato dishes it helps your stomach digestion.

Basic Information
   
   Prep Time – 10 mins
   Cook Time – 15 Mins
   Serves – 3 people


Health Benefits of Potatoes

• It acts as a vitamin booster
• Lowers the blood pressure because blood-pressure lowering molecules in potatoes called kukoamines. 
• Good for gut health and cardiovascular disease