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The popular, palatable
potato TRAVEL, picnic, planned parties or surprise guests any time is potato time. It is such a versatile item that not a single day passes without it being included in the daily menu in one form or the other. Potatoes combine well with all other vegetables and also have high nutritional value (proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals). A favourite with kids and the aged alike, these give various reasons to the home maker to look thankfully at the potato. Here are some dishes that I have hunted out for my potato loving seven-year-old son that can be prepared in a jiffy. So try out these pronto potato dishes. Potato souffle
Ingredients: Potatoes 6 Cheese(grated) 60 gm Olives 2 tbsp Cream 1 cup Butter 1/2 cup Eggs 3 Fresh cream 1 cup Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp Pepper powder 1 tsp Method: Wash and lightly scrape the potatoes. Rub little bit of butter on each and bake in a pre-heated oven till done. Pass through a mesher to cut these into short strands. Mix butter, cheese, olives and seasoning with potatoes. Fold beaten egg yolks
in cream and then fold in the potato mixture. Put this mixture in a
souffle dish and bake in a moderately hot oven for 50 minutes or till
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Potato baskets Ingredients: Potatoes 1 kg Egg 1 Butter or 25 gm margarine Milk 2 tbsp Salt and pepper to taste Method: Clean and boil potatoes in salted water. Peel and mash till smooth. Add butter and mix thoroughly. Add beaten egg and 1 tbsp milk and whisk lightly. Add salt and pepper according to taste. Grease a baking tray and pile 8-10 heaps of the mixture on it and hollow out the centres to form a basket-like shape. Glaze with milk and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes or till golden in colour. Fill these with a variety of fillings like baked beans, minced meat or mix vegetables. Serve with mint-coriander chutney or dips. Salad with garlic dressing Ingredients:
Potatoes 5-6 Garlic 10 cloves Olives 70 ml Egg 1 White vinegar 2tsp Mustard 1 tsp Coriander (chopped) 2tbsp Salt and pepper to taste. Method: Cut the potatoes into small cubes. Pre-heat oven to 230 C. Put the potatoes along with garlic cloves in a baking dish. Drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for 20 minutes till evenly baked. Peel the roasted garlic and put in a mixer along with egg, vinegar and mustard.Process till smooth. Slowly add olive oil (about 1/4 cup) while the mixer is still running. Add garlic dressing to the potatoes. Sprinkle chopped coriander toss and serve. Potato-mint raita Ingredients: Curd 500 gm Potatoes 250 gm Mint leaves 1/2 bunch Green chillies 2 Black pepper 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp Cumin powder 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Method: Boil, peel and mash potatoes. Beat the curd and mix mashed potatoes in it. Grind mint leaves and green chillies to a fine paste and add to the curd.Sprinkle black pepper, red chilli powder, cummin powder and salt. Serve chilled. Sweet surprise Ingredients: Potatoes (boiled and mashed) 2/3 cup Coconut powder 200 gm Milk powder 1/2 cup Butter 1tbsp Sugar 1 1/2 cups Chocolate powder 2 tbsp Cashewnuts (crushed) 15-20 Vanilla essence 1 tsp Pinch of salt Method: Mix all ingredients except desiccated coconut and knead till smooth. Add coconut and knead again. Take one tbsp of mixture and spread it over butter paper or greased tray. Repeat with rest of the mixture. Leave these to dry for at least 6
hours, turning once or twice. Serve as a tea-time snack. |
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