Indian style potato soup
1 recipe
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | tablespoon | Vegetable oil |
1 | pinch | Asafetida |
½ | teaspoon | Cumin seeds |
4 | mediums | Potatoes, peeled & diced |
1 | medium | Tomato, diced |
¼ | teaspoon | Turmeric |
1 | teaspoon | Salt |
1 | each | Red chile pepper, crushed |
6 | cups | Light stock or water |
Cilantro, for garnish |
Directions
Heat oil in a large soup pot. When hot, stir in the asafetida & immediately afterwards add the cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds begin to sizzle, add the potatoes, tomato, turmeric, salt & chile.
Stir & continue to fry for a couple of minutes.
Add the stock or water, stir, bring to a boil, cover & simmer gently until the potatoes are very soft, 30 to 45 minutes. Turn off the heat & carefully mash the potatoes into the stock with the back of a slotted spoon. Garnish with cilantro & serve.
Recipe by Mark Satterly
Submitted By MARK SATTERLY On 06-14-95