Onion-Potato Vegetable

Kanda Batata Nu Shaak

A simple Gujarati sabzi of onions and potatoes cooked with mustard tempering, ginger, green chilies, and spices.

Ingredients

• 4–5 pieces potatoes
• 3 pieces onions
• 4 pieces green chilies
• garam masala (listed twice; includes 1 tsp at end)
• potato spices (batana masala)
• cloves
• black pepper
• turmeric (haldi)
• coriander-cumin powder (dhaniya-jeeru)
• 2 tsp chickpea flour (besan)
• 2 tsp oil
• 2 tsp tamarind (use as tamarind water; added last)
• water (add to boil and to make tamarind water)

Instructions

1. Heat oil; add onions (and other aromatics as written) and sauté.
2. Add potatoes, turmeric, chickpea flour, and potato masala; sauté.
3. Add besan and other spices; sauté.
4. Add water and boil.
5. Add tamarind water at the end and finish the potato vegetable.