Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Chettinad Urulai Roast

Radhika of Tickling Palates had sent out an email about couple of weeks back about this new event called 'Blog Hop Wednesdays'....I got excited from that time and later it was decided that we (about 40 of us and counting) would be paired with one blogger every other week and we need to post a recipe from our partner's blog on alternate Wednesdays. The pairing schedule has been painstakingly worked out by Radhika..:-)


I thought this would be another opportunity to get to know new bloggers and also push us into learning new things along the way...For the first week, I have been paired with Kaveri of Palakkad Chamayal, 
she has a lovely blog with many traditional SouthIndian recipes...I had a very wonderful time browsing through her yummy space...:-) 


After going through all the recipes, as to what to showcase from her blog, I chose this Chettinad Urulai Roast ..
.Chettinad is a small region in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is very famous for its spicy and aromatic cuisine...and i love chettinad cuisines....But I chose this recipe as my son loves to eat potatoes and this recipe contains baby potato with urad dal powder and u cant believe the taste is out of the world...its indeed a gr8 combo...really unbelievable...I have not  made any changes to the original recipe to keep the authenticity of the recipe....and here it goes:-


Ingredients

Baby Potatoes – 250 gms
Salt to taste

Dry Roast and Powder

Split Urad Dal – 1 to 2 tsps
Dried Red Chillies – 2 – 3
Whole Black Peppercorns – 5 – 6
For Seasoning

Oil – 2 – 3 tsps
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Hing – 1 pinch
Turmeric Powder – 1 Pinch
Curry Leaves a few
Method

Boil and peel the baby potatoes.
Heat a Kadai, dry roast the split Urad dal. Once it starts changing color add the peppercorns and red chillies. Roast until Dal turn nice and brown. Cool, grind and keep aside.
In the same Kadai, add oil. Once oil is heated, add the mustard seeds and hing. Next add the turmeric powder and the curry leaves.
Next add the boiled and peeled potates. Give it a good stir. Add salt to taste and sauté for a about 5 mins.

Finally add the spice powder and mix well.
Serve hot with rice/roti...enjoy...:-)
*Note:

1. If baby potatoes are not available, use big ones. 
Boil and cut them into medium sized chunks.
2. Adjust spice according to your taste and u could also add sliced onions and garlic to this. Saute these before adding the potatoes.


Check out what's cooking at my fellow blog hoppers spaces.


Sending this to Ayeesha's Any One Can Cook

 

33 comments:

  1. Spicy and tempting...
    savitharajsspiceland.blogspot.com

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  2. wow...so yummy n tempting urulai varuval...soo good Mugdha...would love to have with sambar n curd rice..

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  3. Dear Mugdha
    This is very new for me, just cant wait to try out. Today I got some baby potatoes for a conventional dum alu. But will use in this recipe now. I am shifting away from Roti to potato as main carbohydrate supply. ( Roti hataru banchi-ba paiN chesta chalichi...I just dont like except fesh Tanduri rotis)
    Bhala thiba

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  4. POTATOES STIRE IS VERY TEMPTING .MASALA IS NEW TO ME I RTY IT SOON
    I AM ALSO THE PART OF THIS EVENT DO VISIT

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  5. A special award is waiting for you at my space :)

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  6. thanks for visiting and comment on my blog. you have a nice blog here

    Ramya
    Ongoing event: Fusion Food: Pasta

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  7. Hi Mughda...potatoes looks yummy...

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  8. That sounds spicy n so very flavorful!
    Us Masala

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  9. Yum, love it, I saw it at her blog too and have it bookmarked :)

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  10. Lovely based potato roast. Excellent preparation.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  11. Looks delicious, yummy, spicy and tempting. Wonderful recipe.

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  12. Hi Mughda
    Potato roast looks so yummy and tempting. Love this.

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  13. Hey thr Mughdha..!! Just commented but not sure if u got it..So once again...thx a ton for ur lovely words in my blog..Loved ur space & the collection of lip smacking recipes..Happy to follow u too..:) And this roast is on my tomorrows lunch menu!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  14. Hi Mugdha,

    this is a new recipe in name, taste & texture, but this surely tempts me to try once :)

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  15. this sounds flavorful and interesting too!

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  16. Potatoes with this spicy combo is definitely a winner on the table. Looks very tempting.

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  17. Dear Mugdha
    Tried it today...very nice...but I think I have to wait for the new potato to arrive in the market ..Will make the difference ..

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  18. this baby roasted potatoes are so tempting and yummy and will give a try for sure..

    thanx for visiting us...will see u soon

    sukanya

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  19. looks highly tempting.. will try this soon..

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  20. Woww.. the urulai roast looks amazing :D Yummy..

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  21. I luv urulai in any form. that too in chittinad flavor, OMG, I die to eat them.

    Cheers,
    Uma

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  22. Wow yummy and tempting recipe,making me hungry...

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  23. very yummy and delicious
    www.rajafood.blogspot.com

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