Potato podimas is a quick and easy side dish made with mashed potatoes. It is served as an accompaniment with rice. I love it with rasam and sambar sadam. Learn to make potato (aloo in Hindi and Urulai kilagu in Tamil) podimas following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Potato Podimas
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 5 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish-Potato
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish-Potato
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Potatoes – 4 medium size
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Lemon – 1
Salt needed
For the Seasoning
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 2 tsp
Bengal gram (kadalai paruppu) – 2 tsp
Hing – a pinch
Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped
Green Chilli – 1-2 finely chopped
Curry Leaves – a sprig
For Garnishing
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp finely chopped
Preparation
Pressure cook potatoes until soft. Peel the skin and crumble it. Keep it aside.
Method
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, bengal gram (chana dal) and saute until dal turns light golden brown.
Add ginger, green chilli, turmeric powder and curry leaves.
Saute for a few seconds, add crumbled potatoes and salt needed. Mix well and turn off the heat.
Squeeze juice of a fresh lemon and mix well. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and enjoy.
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Potato Podimas is a quite new recipe to me. Adding lemon juice at the end gives a vibrant taste to the recipe. Loved it !
nice recipe .Almost all recipes became easy for me because of your blog.Thanks padhu.
Thanks Padu …The rasam and podimas both come out amazing each time I make …Only thing is ask my mom to make the rasam powder as the commercial rasam powder dont get that taste …My wife and daughter both love it …So whenever its rasam cooking is on me
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Thank you so much. Happy to know that you found Padhuskitchen useful.
Your recipe exactly matches the way my mom and grand mother used to cook. I have been preparing food for my teenager based on your recipe only for the past 2 years.
Thank you so much.
God bless.
-Gopal
I make it almost the same way with a few differences…
1. I add turmeric powder, finely diced ginger and shredded coconut along with salt per taste, to the mashed potatoes.
2. For the ‘tadka’ or frying, I also fry mustard seeds, black gram dal, chana/chick pea dal, asofateda and curry leaves and a dry red chilli halved (but not the ginger, added to mashed potato already). At the very end, I add 2 whole green chilis that have been gashed by a knife, to the hot oil. Then the lot is mixed with the mashed potato and garnished with coriander leaves!
This is one of the quick but tasty side dishes my mother used to make if guests drop in unannounced.
And all of us love it.
Thanks Paddhu for providing the tips as close to that of my mother’s as possible. Shall try this in USA instead of the ubiquitous mashed potatoes…