Sautéing onions and tomatoes

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1. Heat oil in a pan or kadai. You can use any neutral flavored oil. My personal preference is to use peanut oil for this recipe.
2. Add finely chopped garlic and sauté for a few seconds. No need to brown garlic.
3. Next add chopped onions. Keep on stirring in intervals and sauté till they turn translucent.
4. Then add chopped tomatoes and mix very well.
5. Cover the pan with its lid and simmer on a low flame till the tomatoes soften and become mushy. Do check a couple of times when the tomatoes are cooking.
6. When the tomatoes have softened well, then add turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and cumin powder (optional).
7. If you want to make a spicy curry then you can increase the red chilli powder or add ½ teaspoon chopped green chilli.
8. Mix the spice powders very well with the onion-tomato mixture.

Adding potatoes

1. Then add diced potatoes. Also season with salt as required. Mix very well.
2. Pour 2 cups water and mix again.

Cooking potato curry

1. Cover the pan with its lid and simmer on a medium to medium-high heat until the potatoes are cooked.
2. Do check a couple of times when the curry is simmering.
3. The curry will thicken slightly by the time the potatoes are done.
4. You can adjust the consistency of the curry as per your needs. Example if you want to serve this potato curry with rice then you can add a bit more water and let the curry be slightly thin in consistency. In case you are planing to have it with roti or plain paratha, then you can add less water and make the curry consistency more thick.
5. Once you get the desired consistency in the curry, then switch off the heat and add chopped coriander leaves. Mix very well.
6. Serve potato curry hot or warm

Serving suggestions

1. Indian breads: Roti, paratha, poori pair nicely with potato curry. You can also serve with spiced Indian breads like methi thepla or ajwain paratha.
2. Rice: Steamed white rice or jeera rice also tastes good with potato curry.
3. Baked breads: Any good loaf of white bread or whole grain bread pairs well with potato curry. You can also serve it with dinner rolls.