Curried Potatoes with Eggplant
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Curried Potatoes with Eggplant - This hearty side dish, with a mixture of potatoes, eggplant, and herbs and spices, is about to become a regular at your house. This incredible curry recipe is a great way to double up in healthy.
Prep Time: 30 mins |
Ingredients to make Curried Potatoes with Eggplant
1 ea 1/2 inch piece of ginger root
2 ea Minced green chilies
1/4 c Shredded unsweetened coconut
1/2 ts Garam masala
4 tb Ghee
1 ts Black mustard seeds
1/2 tb Whole cumin seeds
1/8 ts Asafetida
6 md Potatoes, boiled & cubed
1 ts Turmeric
1 tb Coriander
1 sm Eggplant in 1 inch cubes
1 ts Salt
3 tb Fresh coriander,chopped
1 tb Lemon juice
Directions to make Curried Potatoes with Eggplant
Step 1:Combine ginger, green chilies & coconut in blender with 1/3 cup of water till smooth. Add garam masala & pulse for a few seconds. Set aside.
Step 2:Heat ghee. When hot, add mustard & cumin seeds & fry for a few seconds. Stir in the asafetida & almost immediately put in the potatoes. Stir fry for 5 minutes Then pour in the mixture from the blender. Add the turmeric, coriander, eggplant, salt & half the fresh coriander. Mix very gently so as not to break the vegetables.
Step 3:Reduce heat & fry very gently until the liquid has evaporated. Mix in lemon juice & remaining coriander greens & serve.
Baby Potatoes Coated with Almonds
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Baby Potatoes Coated with Almonds – This sweet and sassy recipes has always received many compliments when I have served it to guests. Ideal for the Holidays, it gets its sweet from the tender baby potatoes, and its sassy from the jalapeno peppers.
Prep Time: 15 mins |
Ingredients to make Baby Potatoes Coated with Almonds
3 lb Baby new potatoes
2 tb Almond oil
2 ea Jalapeno peppers,seeded,minced
2 tb Grated ginger
1/2 c Powdered almonds*
2 tb Cilantro, minced
Salt & pepper
Lemon juice
*To powder almonds, place blanched almonds in a food processor & pulese until they are reduced to a powder.
Directions to make Baby Potatoes Coated with Almonds
Step 1:Steam potatoes till just tender, about 15 minutes. Set them aside. Steam potatoes till just tender, about 15 minutes. Set them aside.
Step 2:Combine oil, peppers, ginger, almonds & cilantro in a large bowl. Add potatoes & toss till well coated. Season with salt & pepper & sprinkle with lemon juice. Spear potatoes with cocktail sticks; arrange on a platter.
Step 3:Serve hot, or keep warm in a 250F oven for up to 30 minutes.
Garden Baked Potatoes
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Garden Baked Potatoes – These rustic baked potatoes, are nutriciously delicious. First baked, then topped with even more colorful veggies for added flavor, this healthy recipe is a family favorite of ours!
Prep Time: 10 mins |
Ingredients to make Garden Baked Potatoes
2 Baking potatoes
1/2 lb Fresh mushrooms,sliced
1 Sweet red pepper,diced
1 Clove garlic,minced
2 tb Olive oil
2 tb Water
1 1/2 ts Lemon juice
1 1/2 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
2 tb Butter,divided
Salt & pepper to taste
Fresh parsley
Directions to make Garden Baked Potatoes
Step 1:Scrub potatoes; rub skins with oil. Place on baking sheet; bake at 400 for 1 hour or until done.
Step 2:Five minutes before potatoes are ready to come out, sSaute mushrooms, red pepper, and garlic in olive oil until crisp-tender; add water and lemon juice. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 3 minutes; add 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 ts pepper.
Step 3:Split and fluff potatoes; add 1 tb butter to each potato, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with hot mushroom mixture. Sprinkle with parsley.
Potato Pancake Patty
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Potato Pancake Patty – A new and innovative way to serve potatoes, a potato pancake! We all eat them so often, that it is always nice to find a new way. Especially when they are this quick and easy. Try them tonight.
Prep Time: 30 mins |
Ingredients to make Potato Pancake Patty
1 pt. Butter
1 Onion, finely chopped
2 c Cabbage, shredded, boiled 15 min.
2 c Potatoes, boiled and mashed
Directions to make Potato Pancake Patty
Step 1:Heat butter in large skillet & fry onion over low heat for 5 min or till softened.
Step 2:Add previously cooked cabbage and stir over low heat for 2 min. Fold in mashed potatoes till well blended
Step 3:Press mixture lightly with back of spoon to form large pancake. Cook for 5 min till browned lightly. Turn & brown 2nd side 5 min.