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Quicker Baked Potato

Try this method for speeding up the potato baking process (for a better texture than those that you microwave). Pre-heat the oven to 400. Place the potato in boiling water for 10 minutes. Bake for 30 minutes. This will cut the cooking time in half.

 

Ala Badun


main dish

450 gm potatoes
225 gm onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon chilli powder i teaspoon paprika
100 ml oil sprig curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1 cm cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon lime juice

Boil the potatoes, peel and cut into bite size pieces Slice the onion. Place the potato in a bowl and and add the salt, turmeric, chilli powder and paprika powder Heat the oil and when hot add the curry leaves followed by the onion, mustard and cinnamon stick Fry until the onions are a golden brown, then add the potato and keep tossing with the onion until browned and heated through. Discard the cinnamon stick and sprinkle the lime juice on top just prior to serving. From "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0