Slow-Cooked Bombay Potatoes
(from kylerhea’s recipe box)
Source: Kayotic Kitchen via Slow Cooking from Scratch
Categories: Indian, March2012, Potatoes, Side Dish, Vegetables
Ingredients
- 3 pounds potatoes
- 1 medium onion
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp dried chili flakes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 to 2 tsp kosher salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
- coriander (or flat-leaf parsley)
Directions
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These potatoes are crazy simple. No hard labour involved in prepping these golden beauties. Just ground spices.
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Mix ‘em all up, sans the mustard seeds.
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These amounts will give a lovely kick, no extreme heat or anything. Don’t wimp out on me now! But seriously: if you don’t like your potatoes a bit spicy, you can just leave out the chili flakes.
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Mince the onion. Peel, wash and cube the potatoes.
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Wash the tomatoes, squeeze out the seeds and give them a rough chop. I didn’t bother peeling them but you can.
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Heat the oil, add the mustard seeds (I only had black and brown mixed) and wait for them to start popping.
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As soon as they pop, you add the onion. Cook for a minute or 4 until it turns translucent.
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Add the spice mix and cook for another 3 minutes to get the flavors going.
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Add the potatoes.
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Make sure every potato gets some of the spice mix.
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Add the diced tomatoes.
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And the salt.
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Finish with a few cracks of black pepper.
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Cook the potatoes on low for 4 to 6 hours, depending on how fast/slow your slow cooker goes. I learned that slow cookers go faster these days than the older models. Sprinkle the finely minced coriander or parsley all over the potatoes before serving.
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The simplest dishes really are best.