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    Bombay Potatoes Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Bombay Potatoes Recipe with step by step pictures. Potato curry made with onions, tomatoes and spices. This goes well with roti or rice.

     

    Bombay Potatoes Recipe

    Mostly it will some kind of poriyal which is just sauted potatoes with some indian spices. Amma makes potato poriyal by just cooking potatoes in chilli powder and salt.She will cook it till the potatoes is little crispy. The trick is she starts making poriyal with a little oil. At the end of the dish she will add couple of good tbsp of oil and increase the heat to a high. This makes the potato nice and crispy. This is the common way for us to eat potato.

    Todays dish is a special way to eat this dazzling universal potato. It can be called as spiced up potatoes. The spice level will be little high. Thats what takes this dish to the next level.

    Ingredients for Bombay Potatoes

    • Potato-3 large cubed and parboiled
    • Onion-1 sliced
    • Tomato-2 chopped
    • Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
    • Mustard seeds / Kaduku-1 tsp
    • Fennel seeds / Sombu / Perujeerakam - 2 tsp
    • Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 inch piece
    • Ginger-1 tblspn chopped finely
    • Garlic- 1 tblspn chopped finely
    • Green chilli-1 chopped finely
    • Chilli powder -1 tsp
    • Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn
    • Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp
    • Curry leaves-1 spring
    • Coriander leaves / Cilantro-for garnishing
    • Salt to taste
    • Oil-3 tblspn

    How to Make Bombay Potatoes

    1. Heat some water in a saucepan and cook the cubed potatoes till half cooked. drain and set aside.
    2. Heat oil in a kadai and crackle some fennel seeds and cinnamon.
    3. Add in cumin seeds and mustard seeds. Add in ginger, garlic and green chilli and mix well.
    4. Sprinkle in turmeric, chilli and coriander powder. Cook this for 30 sec.
    5. Add in onions and cook for 3 mins. Add in cooked potatoes and mix well. So that each potato is coated with the masala.
    6. Season in salt and a ½ cup of water. Cover and cook on a low flame for 10 mins.
    7. Add in tomatoes and mix well. Cook this for 5 mins.
    8. Add in curry leaves and cilantro. Toss well to coat.
    9. Serve hot with rice and any curry.

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    Bombay Potatoes Recipe with step by step pictures. Potato curry made with onions, tomatoes and spices. This goes well with roti or rice.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 337kcal

    Ingredients

    • 3 large Potato cubed and parboiled
    • 1 Onion sliced
    • 2 Tomato chopped
    • 1 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeerakam
    • 1 tsp Mustard seeds / Kaduku
    • 2 tsp Fennel seeds / Sombu / Perujeerakam
    • 1 inch Cinnamon / Pattai
    • 1 tbsp Ginger chopped finely
    • 1 tbsp Garlic chopped finely
    • 1 Green chilli chopped finely
    • 1 tsp Chilli powder
    • 1 tbsp Coriander powder / Malli podi
    • 1 tsp Turmeric powder / Manjal podi
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • Coriander leaves / Cilantro-for garnishing
    • Salt to taste
    • 3 tbsp Oil

    Instructions

    • Heat some water in a saucepan and cook the cubed potatoes till half cooked. drain and set aside.
    • Heat oil in a kadai and crackle some fennel seeds and cinnamon.
    • Add in cumin seeds and mustard seeds. Add in ginger, garlic and green chilli and mix well.
    • Sprinkle in turmeric, chilli and coriander powder. Cook this for 30 sec.
    • Add in onions and cook for 3 mins. Add in cooked potatoes and mix well. So that each potato is coated with the masala.
    • Season in salt and a ½ cup of water. Cover and cook on a low flame for 10 mins.
    • Add in tomatoes and mix well. Cook this for 5 mins.
    • Add in curry leaves and cilantro. Toss well to coat.
    • Serve hot with rice and any curry.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servings | Calories: 337kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 1376mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 686IU | Vitamin C: 77mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 3mg
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    Bombay Potatoes Recipe with step by step

     
    Take all your ingredients

     

    Crackle cinnamon and fennel

     

    add in mustard and cumin

     

    in goes ginger, garlic and chillies

     

    now goes the spice powders. First turmeric powder

     

    now chilli and coriander powder

     

    add in onions..Cook for few mins

     

    In goes half cooked potatoes

     

    sprinkle in salt

     

    and a splash of water

     

    cover and cook

     

    till the potatoes are done

     

    now add in tomatoes and mix well

     

    Throw in some curry leaves

     

    and cilantro

     

    mix well

     

    Enjoy with rice...
     
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    Comments

    1. Joanne

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      I only like potatoes when they're super flavorful like these. I love all the spices you've used!

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    2. Aruna Manikandan

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      looks spicy and delicious 🙂

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    3. Carolina

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      I love potatoes too and these look so delicious.
      Kisses.

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    4. Food, Fun and Life in the Charente

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      Oh wow I know we will both love this. Bookmarked. Thanks Diane

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    5. Food, Fun and Life in the Charente

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      Oh wow this looks delicious. Bookmarked with thanks. Diane

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    6. Deeksha

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      looks very tempting!

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    7. Nava Krishnan

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      What a delicious recipe, all the more with potatoes, we simply drool over with.

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    8. Anna

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      Qué delicia de patatas Yummy. me encanta como te han quedado. Un beso.

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    9. Manderley de GuindillayCanela

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      Me encantan así las patatas, aunque no las he comido, pero te tomaré la receta para probarla.

      Besos

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    10. tanja

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      I am a potato girl too 🙂 Could eat it every single day! These Bombay Potatoes look delish! Love all the spices in the recipe! Great recipe! Thanks for sharing!

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    11. são33

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      ADOREI O ASPECTO DESSAS BATATAS, UMA DELICIA MESMO.
      BOM FIM DE SEMANA
      BJS

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    12. Hasna

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      yummy & spicy.... luvd it

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    13. K T

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      Lots of great flavour here!

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    14. Chitra

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      so flavorfull with all those spices and looks so yummy and little saucy unlike the usual potato fry...good one aarthi:)

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    15. Holly

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      Oh Im such a big potato fan! This sounds amazing!!

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    16. Aarthi

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      Thanks everyone for your lovely comments....

      Aarthi

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    17. plasterers bristol

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      Now this sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing this.

      Simon

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