KERALA POTATO ISHTU

There are many ways to cook this potato ishtu.
What I have given is the authentic way.
I got this recipe from my friend, while in Kerala.

  some other way is, they add tomatoes, carrots.
They also temper with all the spices, cardamoms, bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon sticks and cloves.

So choose which ever you like Dev.

KERALA POTATO ISHTU

Ingredients:

2 potatoes, boiled skinned and cubed
3 cubes of the boiled potato, mash it fine
1 big yellow sweet onion sliced
3 green chillies slit and cut across
½ inch ginger sliced fine
3 pips garlic sliced fine (optional)
2 cups of thin coconut milk
½ cup of thick coconut milk
1 sprig of curry leaves
1 tsp of oil
1 tsp of coconut oil
Salt to taste.

Method:
Pour the oil in a pot.
Add in the onions, green chillies, ginger and the garlic.
Sauté them, do not allow the onions to change colour.
Add in the potatoes, mashed potatoes and the
second coconut milk.
Let it come to a slow simmer.
Add in the salt, mix well.
Now add in the first milk, let it boil for a second.
Remove, add in the curry leaves and the spoon of coconut oil