Lasaniya Bataka || Garlicky Baby Potatoes

'Happy Rakhi Day' to my lovely brothers for being there for me all the time!!! :) A beautiful day to cherish a beautiful relation of brother-sister... Ideally, I should post something sweet for the day, but all my brothers are pretty much fond of hot 'n' spicy food... And I considered choice of each one of them while drafting this one... Definitely, they are 'Kathiyawadi' (Saurastra, Gujarat) food-lovers :P

~A special dish from my native - SJ version though~

INGREDIENTS:

10 Baby Potatoes

1 tbsp Minced Garlic

1/2 cup Chopped Onion

1 tsp Chopped Green Chillies

1/2 cup Tomato Puree

1/2 cup Full Cream

1 tsp Coriander Powder

1/2 tsp Red Chilly Powder

1/2 tsp Garam Masala

1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder

1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds

Salt, to taste

2 tbsp Cooking Oil

STEPS TO FOLLOW:

- Boil the baby potatoes and peel them. Prick here and there... everywhere with fork :) 

- Take them in a bowl and add all the dry spices. 

- Add full cream too and toss it well. Cover with a cling wrap and keep in freeze for an hour.

- Heat oil in a vessel and add cumin seeds.

- Once it crackles, add chopped green chillies, onions and garlic into it. Saute it till onions are translucent.

- Add tomato puree and cook it for a min. 

- Mix marinated baby potatoes into it and coat each potato nicely with a thick gravy. 

- Cook it covered for 4-5 mins and turn off the heat. 

- Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with chopped coriander leaves! 

- Serve hot with Phulka Roti :)

SJ's NOTE:

- Add more garlic for more flavors!!! :)