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17 September 2013 11 Comments

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Internal structure of antennae of cockroach has.…90% of bird species are monogamous… Uranus orbital axis is tilted at 90 degrees.. red blood cells have no nucleus… “It doesn’t get anymore useless than this…how is this information going to be of any use to me mom?”  The question my son asked me while preparing for his term exams the other day.

I didn’t give much thought back then, but realized that this is a common topic of discussion among many parents I meet during school hours. “Our children spend years gathering useless information they’ll never use again” is the common complaint from many parents.

I do agree that most of the text book information we gather during our school days may not help us in real life. But then, you may never know. After forty plus years of schooling, I am now making full use of my text-bookish knowledge clearing doubts my children raise during study hours.

Any information that you get from text books can never become obsolete, just that it may be of no use to you at this stage of life. You may never know when you need it in life. 

And you should always remember that school life does not end just with mugging up lessons and clearing exams. Your school life extends much beyond the backpack you carry, to some of the supportive friends you make for lifetime, creative lessons you learn from your teachers in studies and sports to the self esteem you gain in school.” is my motherly advice to my children.   

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Coming back to the recipes, anything with baby potatoes in it is a favorite dish at home.  Mom used to make these baby potato pops during parties with mint leaves. I used the curry leaf powder I prepare and store for my quick curry leaf rice recipe.  These potato pops make a perfect appetizer.

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1. Baby Potatoes in Minty Coconut Gravy 

baby potatoes snacks and curries, vegetarian recipes

Ingredients;

  • 20 baby potatoes
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1/4 cup shelled peas
  • 1 onion
  • 2 green chillies
  • 2 tbsp. mint leaves
  • 1 tsp. rice flour (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tbsp. oil
  • Salt to taste

baby potatoes snacks and curries, vegetarian recipes

Method; Wash and boil baby potatoes and fresh peas in water for 10-12 minutes till they turn soft but not mushy. Cool the boiled potatoes and peel the skin. Prick the potatoes with a fork to let the spices seep into the vegetable easily.

Peel and finely dice the onion. Shell fresh peas or use frozen peas as I used in this recipe. Pluck mint leaves and wash in clean water.

Grind mint leaves, cumin seeds and green chillies with one tablespoon of water. Take the ground paste in a bowl, add rice flour and pour coconut milk in it. Stir the ground paste to combine all the ingredients.

Heat a non-stick pan, add fennel seeds, finely diced onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes.

Pour the ground mint leave and coconut milk paste and sauté for 2 minutes on medium heat. Add boiled baby potatoes, peas, salt and warm water to the curry and bring to boil. Take the pan off heat and serve the curry with plain chapattis or rice.

2. Baby Potato Pops 

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Ingredients;

  • 20-25 baby potatoes
  • 1/2 cup curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp Bengal gram
  • 1 tbsp. coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp. sesame seeds
  • 2 dry red chillies
  • 1 tbsp. oil
  • 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
  • A pinch of asafetida powder
  • Salt to taste

baby potatoes snacks and curries, vegetarian recipes

Method; Wash a boil baby potatoes in water for 10 minutes till they turn soft but not mushy in texture.

Cool and peel the baby potatoes. Wash and pat dry the curry leaves.

Heat a non-stick pan and dry roast Bengal gram (channa daal) till it turns golden brown in colour. Add coriander seeds in the same pan and dry roast on medium heat for 2-3 minutes.

Take out the roasted ingredients in a separate bolw. Add 1 tsp. of oil in the same pan and fry curry leaves till they turn dry and crisp, for about 5-6 minutes.

Grind roasted gram, coriander seeds, curry leaves, red chillies into coarse powder.

Heat rest of oil in non-stick pan, add sesame seeds and let it splutter.

baby potatoes snacks and curries, vegetarian recipes

Add asafoetida powder, turmeric powder, salt and the ground powder in the same pan and mix all the ingredients well.

Add peeled baby potatoes in the pan and stir to coat each potato with the ground spice mix.

baby potatoes snacks and curries, vegetarian recipes

Take the pan off the heat.

Insert a tooth pick to each spice coated baby potato and serve as a healthy party snack.

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Reduce the spices and pack these baby potato pops in your kids lunchboxes. Tr y these baby potatoes;

Slow cooked Baby Potatoes in yogurt gravy

Baby Potatoes in Green Gravy

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Notes;

  1. Replace curry leaves with fresh mint leaves to make the potato pops recipe.
  2. Do not overcook the potatoes and make them mushy. It will be difficult to hold them on the toothpick.

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Recipes | Baby Potato Pops and Minty Coconut Curry

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11 Comments »

  • Terra said:

    What a fun idea, and a perfect appetizer at any party! They really sound delicious:-) Hope you are doing well! Hug, Terra

  • chinmayie @ love food eat said:

    This is such a lovely recipe! Perfect appetizer for a party. I’ll surely try many variations of this 🙂

  • Daniela @ FoodrecipesHQ said:

    Love your pics, you’re so talented. These potato pops are just perfect as a snack and cool appetizer!

  • Helene D'souza said:

    I agree most of the school knowledge is a bit useless but sometimes I am glad that I learned about certain things because as you said it, you can never know how this knowledge might come useful in time.
    Sanjeeta your baby potato pops are brilliant, in fact I have never seen something like that before. The gravy looks exciting too and for sure a recipe that I would like to try sometime in the future. =)

  • Priya said:

    Am in love with that potato pops,looks fabulous..

  • Nithya said:

    Tempting appetizer.. Perfect for parties..

  • Kiran @ KiranTarun.com said:

    Love those fun potato pops!! Perfect kid friendly appetizer 🙂

  • mjskit said:

    Having been an educator for over 30 years, it’s amazing how things I learned years ago suddenly become relevant or applied today. A friend is home schooling her kids and I love working with them. The oldest, now in the 10 grade and I both have a love of DNA and everything related. I’ve learned from her and she has learned from me. Now to the baby potato pops – LOVE THEM! They’re fun, nad they look delicious! Great seasoning and wonderful curry!

  • Kumar's Kitchen said:

    Loved these baby potato pops…can have them all by ourselves…looks delicious 🙂

  • Shoba Shrinivasan said:

    Hi,

    Lovely baby potatoe pops! Love the idea!

    Shobha

  • sowmya said:

    These look absolutely delicious!

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