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Soak potatoes for 20 minutes and rinse several times to clean the mud.
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Choose tender radish seed pods , wash, drain the water and trim the ends first.
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You can either chop into tiny pieces or slit vertically in to halve (refer "How to clean and cut" subheading above), keep aside.
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Crush the garlic cloves in mortar pestle (Pic 1) and keep it ready.
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Chop onion, capsicum and tomato (Pic 2), keep ready with other ingredients (pic 3).
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Peel potato and chop into very thin pieces (Pic 2), can store in water until use, by this way you can remove excess starch.
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Heat oil in a cast iron or heavy bottom pan.
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Add cumin seeds, kasturi methi (dried fenugreek leaves) and when seeds start to crackle add crushed garlic.
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Roast the garlic until golden brown (Pic 4).
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Now add chopped onion and capsicum (pic 5), saute until onion becomes translucent.
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Later add chopped tomatoes (pic 6) and salt.
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In few minutes tomatoes leave water, do add radish pods (pic 7), cover and cook for 5-8 minutes or until 75% cooked.
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Add chopped and starch removed (optional) potatoes (pic 8) and continue sautéing (pic 9).
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Cover the pan with a lid (pic 10) and let it cook on low heat.
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Stir 2-3 times in between and cook till the potatoes are almost done.
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Later add other spices, optional turmeric powder, stir now and then until moisture evaporates.
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Finally after switching off the flame , do crush some kasturi methi (pic 11) and garnish the dish (pic 12), serve hot.