Indian Style Potato Soup
Ingredients
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 pinch asafetida
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
4 medium potatoes, peeled & diced
1 medium tomato, diced
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
1 each red chile pepper, crushed
6 cup light stock or water
1 cilantro, for garnish
Preparation
Heat oil in a large soup pot. When hot, stir in the asafetida &
immediately afterwards add the cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds
begin to sizzle, add the potatoes, tomato, turmeric, salt & chile.
Stir & continue to fry for a couple of minutes.
Add the stock or water, stir, bring to a boil, cover & simmer gently
until the potatoes are very soft, 30 to 45 minutes. Turn off the heat
& carefully mash the potatoes into the stock with the back of a
slotted spoon. Garnish with cilantro & serve.
Recipe by Mark Satterly
Servings: 1
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