Golden Chilly potatoes - a quick starter

I wanted to replicate the Mainland china version of Chilly potatoes. In the due course i came up with my own style of chilly potatoes, which is a spicy starter that will be finished in no time. Yet very easy to cook it up. This one serves 5 persons.

1. Potatoes - 4(large)
2. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
3. Red chilly - 6-8
4. Mustard - 1 tsp
5. Peppercorns - 10
6. Sesame/gingely oil - 6 tsp
7. Garlic - 5 cloves
8. Shahi jeera - 1 tsp
9. Coriander - for garnishing
10. Soy sauce - 2 drops!!!
11. Tomato sauce/ketch up - 2 tsp
12. salt to taste
13. Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp

Peel and cut the potatoes into desired shape. Either cubes or you could go with the ever loved french fries shape. Let them not be very finely cut, instead dice them. Chop garlic finely. Dry roast all the fresh spices (Cumin , Red chilly, Mustard , Peppercorns, Fenugreek) until the flavor is out. Grind them coarsely.

In a sauce pan (better to have a wide mouthed pan, which is easy to toss the potatoes), add gingely oil, when hot, add shahi jeera. Add chopped garlic and potatoes to this. Allow the potatoes to fry for sometime (10 minutes) by gently tossing it, so as to take care that the potatoes don't get mashed, in this process.

Now once potatoes are half done, add the ground spices, salt, soy sauce and tomato ketchup. And toss this mixture until equally spread. Allow the potatoes to fry till they are cooked but NOT MASHED.

Note: Please use tossing method as far as possible and not a ladle to stir the potatoes.

Garnish with coriander and needless to say Serve hot ;)

tc,
N:astro