Puri masala (kizhanghu)

Ingredients:

Potatoes : 6, boiled and peeled
Onion : 1 medium, chopped
Chana dal : 1 tblsp
Mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves : 4
Green chilli : 1, finely chopped (you can add more)
Ginger : 1 tblsp, grated
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Salt : To taste
Besan/chickpea flour : 1 tblsp
Hing : a pinch
Water : 1 1/2 cups
Oil: 1 tblsp
Cilantro : 1 tblsp, chopped

Method:

1. When potatoes are cool enough to touch, coarsely crumble using your hands.
2. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. When seeds begin to pop, add chana dal and fry till golden brown.
3. Add onion, curry leaves, ginger, green chillies and hing.
4. Saute till onion becomes translucent.
5. Add potatoes and turmeric powder. Saute for a few seconds.
6. Mix besan with water. Add this to potato mixture. Add salt.
7 .Let this cook till you get rid of besan's raw smell and you get a semi-solid consistency.
8. Turn the heat off. Garnish with cilantro. Serve hot with Puris.

This will go equally well with Phulkas/chapatis.