Ingredients
450 g potatoes
225 g onion
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tsp chilli powder i teaspoon paprika
100 ml oil sprig curry leaves
1/2 tsp ground mustard
1 cm cinnamon stick
1 tsp lime juice
Directions
Boil the potatoes, peel and cut into bite size pieces Slice the onion.
Place the potato in a bowl and and add the salt, turmeric, chilli
powder and paprika powder Heat the oil and when hot add the curry
leaves followed by the onion, mustard and cinnamon stick Fry until
the onions are a golden brown, then add the potato and keep tossing
with the onion until browned and heated through. Discard the cinnamon
stick and sprinkle the lime juice on top just prior to serving. From
"A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0
Servings: 1 servings
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