Goes well with any Indian, but i like it with a bit of Beef Panang! Adjust quantities of the obvious to suit the number of diners, although they will be popular. This should be enough for 4.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons of oil
1 teaspoon of black mustard seeds
10 curry leaves
1/4 teaspoon of turmeric
1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
2 green chillies, finely chopped
2 onions. finely chopped
500g of potatoes cut into 2 cm cubes.
1 tablespoon of tamarind puree/paste

How to:

1. Heat the oil in a heavy large pan, then add the mustard seeds and cover until they pop. Then add the curry leaves, turmeric, ginger, chilli and onion and then cook uncovered until the oniomns are nice and soft.

potato masala 1

2. Add the potatoes and at least a cup of water and bring to the boil.

3. Make sure the potatioes are cooked, adding more water if necessary, then add the tarmarind and season well with salt and pepper.

potato masala 2