Potato recipe from Madhur Jaffrey:
Take about 2 pounds of potatoes (I used 4 average-sized specimens) and boil them in their jackets until tender. When they're cool, peel and cube them. Recruit a 4yo to measure out 2 t. cumin seeds, 2 t. black mustard seeds, and 2T. sesame seeds into a little dish. Heat 6 T. oil in a frying pan, and when it's hot chuck in the seeds. When they sizzle and pop, add the potato cubes. Toss them around in the oil for five minutes or so. Next add 2 t. salt, the juice of half a lemon, and cayenne to taste. Cook for another three or four minutes. Garnish with cilantro.
Forgive a naive question - I'm learning to cook as an adult - but could I peel and cube the potatoes before boiling? Or is that a no-no?
Posted by: amy | May 31, 2009 at 07:03 PM
Oh, I think that would be fine, Amy.
Posted by: Jamie | May 31, 2009 at 09:32 PM