SISI Simple Cooking: How to make curry ?

SISI - South Indian Standard International cooking by Jayasree Sankar (RCP - Recipe)

SISI RCP01 How to make curry ?

Ingredients

1 4 big potatoes, cut into small rectangular/square pieces, OR

3 long egg-plants/brinjals, cut into 2-inch-long pieces, OR

4 bitter-gourds cut into round slices, OR

1 cabbage cut into small slices like onion

2 1 large onion, finely chopped

3 3 1/2 table-spoons, sun-flower cooking oil

4 2 tea-spoons, turmeric powder

7 2 tea-spoons, salt

5 1/2 tea-spoon, chilli powder, OR 1 tea-spoon, curry powder

1 Prepare the potatoes/egg-plant/bitter-gourd for oil-frying

Place the potato/egg-plant/bitter-gourd pieces/slices in bowl, fill water so as to

soak; keep for some time and then drain.

2 Prepare the oil for frying

Heat sun-flower oil in frying pan in low flame; add mustard seeds, and wait for it to

splutter.

3 Closed-soft-fry the potato pieces with turmeric powder /

bitter-gourd slices with tamarind paste

a) Place water-drained potato pieces/bitter-gourd slices in the frying pan,

add turmeric powder/diluted tamarind paste and mix well;

b) cover the frying pan with a plate and leave it for a while;

and intermittently keep stirring, until soft and well-cooked.

4 Open-soft-fry the potato/egg-plant/cabbage pieces/slices with salt and chilli/curry

powder

a) Open the frying pan by removing the plate placed over its top for covering it;

add salt and chilli powder to potato pieces/bitter-gourd slices and mix well; OR

a) Place water-drained egg-plant pieces/cut cabbage slices with water in the

frying pan,

leave it for some time with the gas-stove-low-flame and when cooked well,

b) for potato-curry, switch off the gas-stove's flame; OR

b) for bitter-gourd curry, after water dries up, switch off;

b) for egg-plant curry, and for cabbage curry, after water dries up,

add salt and curry powder, after a couple more of minutes, switch off;

Remember that all 4 steps should take only about 1/2 an hour.

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