Pappa’s Patent Saturday Special

I’ve been brought up in a culture where Dad being in kitchen is NOT weird awkward unbelievable. Its a very regular scene where every morning My Dad does all the cutting and readying up the vegetable and in his words –

“Mummy la fakt phodni deychi ahe :P ” (Mom has to just temper the vegetable, everything else has been handled).

Along with the weekday help; Saturdays were dedicated for his experiments, yeah... Saturday Lunch was Pappa Special. I wouldn’t go overboard with stating that he is a great cook but his culinary skills  are sufficed for our Lunch. He prepares decent simple veggies and his patent is Kaptyachi Bhaji (Simple Potato Vegetable).

So when I was noting my Mom’s specialty; I recollected my Pappa’s Saturday Special too and though very simple always knew it had to go on my Blog !!

Kaptyachi Bhaji  - Simple Potato Sabzi

You Need:

• Potatoes: 3 medium - Peeled
• Oil: To temper
• Asafoetida: To temper
• Mustard Seeds: To temper
• Curry Leaves: 3-4 in number – To temper
• Red Chilli powder: 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder: ½ tsp
• Sambhar Powder: 1 tbsp
• Sugar to taste
• Salt to taste

You Do:

1. Cut the potatoes the way you prefer – thinly sliced or Pappa used V-Slicer to give it French Fries Look.
2. Heat Oil in Kadai – Add the tempering stuffs.
3. Follow with sliced Potatoes + salt + Powder Masalas mentioned.
4. Add sugar if required.Mix thoroughly then cover and cook.

Done. Stir in between so that the potatoes don’t stick to the base. I love a bit reddish tinge so I purposefully allow it to half stick to the Kadai then remove it.

Garnish with coriander leaves, use lemon wedge before serving.Goes great with Phulkas or Dal Rice. As you can finish this off within Twenty Mins; this goes to Nilofer’s Twenty-20 event.

V- Slicer

This is one of my oldest property – My Mom had given this when I left for US for the first time about 5 years back. I had not used this before that but had seen her chop everything quite fast. From then I use this nearly for everything – slicing – chopping- mincing. The variety of blades give you the option.

The shown blades – large ones give French fries type of slices while the other one gives very thin slices – can be used for finely chopping the veggies. So Do you use these ??

Happy Cooking and Posting about it !!