Potato varuval recipe | Urulai kilangu varuval | Potato fry south Indian recipe

South Indian Potato Fry Recipe | Urulaikizhangu Varuval | Potato roast recipe

South Indian potato fry recipe | Urulaikizhangu varuval | Potato roast recipe | Potato varuval recipe | Urulai kilangu varuval with detailed step by step photos and procedure.

The word "Potato" gives me a little excitement. I love potatoes, be it in any form. In Indian cooking, potatoes can be used in many ways. I include them mostly as a side dish for roti & rice and occasionally in the form of bajji, bonda, vada. I have a plan to post more such recipes in the future.

Today, we will see how to make potato fry | urulaikizhangu varuval, it's a spicy and tasty side dish with rasam, sambar, thayir satham(rice), etc. When I say potato fry, it doesn't mean you have to pour so much oil to fry the potatoes. We can cook potatoes with less oil and still it turns spicy and crispy. I learned this potato fry from my amma (mom). She makes this dish so tasty.

Recipe: Potato fry | urulaikizhangu varuval | potato roast/varuval

Serves: 2

Cuisine - Indian 

Course - Side dish

Prep time - 5 min | Cook time - 20 min

Diet - Vegan | Vegetarian

Author - Pavithra

Ingredients: (Serves 2)

1. Potatoes - 2 big
2. Oil - 2 tbsp
3. Red Chili powder - 1 tbsp
4. Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
5. Turmeric - a pinch
6. Salt - As per taste
7. Hing - A Pinch 

How to make potato fry recipe:

1. Wash the potatoes thoroughly in water. Peel the skin if you want and chop them vertically by half.

 2. Start dicing them into 1 inch small pieces.

3. Keep a wide non-stick bottomed pan on a low flame and pour 1 tablespoon of oil. (Note: I used canola oil).

4. Once the oil is slightly warmed up, start adding all the spice powders (red chili, coriander, turmeric, hing) and salt. Make sure it doesn't burn and keep the flame on low heat.

5. Mix all the spices in the oil with a spatula.

6. Then add all the chopped potatoes and mix them gently.

7. Make sure all the potato pieces are well coated in the oil.

8. Let them cook on low medium flame. (Note: Do not cover it with lid).

9. Saute the potato pieces in between and make sure it doesn't break.

10. At this stage, you can see potatoes are roasted well and turn off the flame.

11. The spicy potato fry is ready to be served. So the entire frying and roasting process took 15 mins on a low medium flame for 2 large potatoes.

The rasam rice with potato fry combo is a comforting and satisfying meal on any day. I have attached few rasam recipes for you to try!

Check out the Rasam Recipes:

South Indian Paruppu Rasam Recipe

Karnataka Bele Saaru Recipe

Lemon Rasam Recipe

Pineapple Rasam Recipe

Do try this recipe at home and let me know how it turns up. Stay tuned for more potato recipes and follow me on Instagram & Facebook. Thank you for stopping by Pavi's Kitchen and see you soon with another interesting recipe:)

Learn how to make Potato Fry Recipe | Urulaikizhangu Varuval | Potato Varuval with detailed step by step images.