KOOK & ONION CHIRDELLA/ MASHED POTATO adding ONION & GREEN CHILLY/ Batato Onion Gojju

Potato is called Batato/ Kook and mashed is called Chirdella in Konkani. Mashed Potato  mixed with  finely chopped Onion, Green chilly, Salt and Tamarind is called Kook & Onion Chirdella / Batato Onion Gojju.You can also make this delicious side dish without adding finely chopped Onion.Adding finely chopped Onion makes the dish more crunchy and tasty. The seasoning in Coconut oil makes the Gojju more flavourful and delicious and goes well as a side dish with rice.

Kook Chirdella is an age old and a very famous GSB Konkani dish.My mother use to make this side dish without Onion in our childhood days.The recipe is simple, delicious, quick and easy to prepare just with limited ingredients.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Kook & Onion Chirdella / Mashed Potato adding Onion & Greenchilly/ Batato Onion Gojju.

Ingredients:-

Potato.           -1big
Green chilly. -3
Salt.              -to taste
Tamarind.     -a goose berry size
Onion.          -1 big 

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil/ Oil. -1tsp
Mustard seeds.   -1tsp
Curry leaves.     -1 spring 

Instructions:-

Wash, clean and pressure cook 1big Potato adding little water for 3 whistles or till soft.

Remove the cooked Potato from cooker and when cooled peel the outer skin and mash the cooked Potato with hands without any lumps and keep aside

Wash and finely chop 3 Green chillies into thin roundels and keep aside.

Soak Tamarind in little Water and extract the Tamarind Pulp. Keep aside.

Peel,wash and finely chop Onion and keep aside

Method:-

In a mixing bowl crush 3 finely chopped Green chilly roundels with little Salt thoroughly with your hands.

Add the boiled and mashed Potato in the mixing bowl and mix well with the  crushed Green chilly roundels.

Add the extracted Tamarind pulp in the mixing bowl.Mix and mash well with the mashed Potato Green chilly mixture.

Check Salt and adjust little Salt if needed and mix well.

Add finely chopped Onion and mix well to make the Gojju crunchy and tasty.

Heat Coconut oil in a pan for seasoning and splutter Mustard seeds and saute well.Add Curry leaves and fry for a second and then switch off the flame.

Pour the above seasoning into the Kook & Onion Chirdella / Mashed Potato in the mixing bowl.

Transfer the delicious side dish to a serving bowl.

A tasty, yummy and crunchy Kook & Onion Chirdella / Mashed Potato adding Onion & Green chilly / Batato Onion Gojju is ready to serve as a side dish with rice.