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