Poori and potatoes masala

This is definitely a simple one, but I think sometimes simple dishes speak to our hearts... Here's hoping that this one speaks to you ...

Mix dough for poori (flour+little salt+pinch of sugar) with water and keep aside.

Peel potatoes and wash them. I will digress a little and go into details on how to cut the potatoes for this one, cos it is very important... cut potato in half lengthwise. Then slice like u would do onions. Then cut the other direction so u have square shape on top, and long thin strips. Almost like french fries shape, but scaled smaller. I know this is so trivial, but when it is all cooked, you will see why this makes a difference... I had some baby carrots in the fridge, and cut them in half lengthwise, and cut them into smaller pieces. Just for a pop of color, and get the not-so-favourite vegetable in my diet.. :)

So now that the potatoes are cut, cook them in cooker for 1 whistle with a half cup water and some turmeric. Keep the tava to make pooris, at a low flame in the next burner. So when the potatoes are done, the oil is ready for puris....

After the cooker is switched off, in a vessel, add oil, mustard, urad dal, channa dal... let the dals get brown and mustard splutter, then add 1 onion sliced thinly, along with 1 green chili cut fine (or 2 depending on how much spice you want), some chopped giner, and fry till onions are cooked. Then add contents of the cooker and let boil few mts. Add chopped cilantro and take off stove.

Roll out pooris and fry them. Key is to let the oil get slightly less hot than smoking hot... then maintain in 7/8 setting. if the oil cools, the puris wont rise, and also will take in lot more oil... nothing else to it...

I hope you enjoy this simple fare, and say ahhhh, gimme more... :)