Song is a very spicy Konkani dish. There are many different versions of this dish – one with coconut base and onions, one without coconut and many more. Different homes have their own version of song, the only similarity is that the dish is always prepared very spicy. At my home, we have always loved the one with coconut and onions. Some of our relatives are vegetarians who do not even eat onion and garlic. They prepare this version. Like any other song, it is bright red in color and very tasty.
Ingredients:
2 cups chopped potatoes
3/4 cup fresh/frozen coconut
6-7 red chillies
1 tea spn coriander seeds
A pinch pinch asafortida
A pinch turmeric
Oil
1/2 tea spns tamarind extract or 2-3 pieces of tamarind
Salt
Method:
Peel potatoes and cut into big pieces. Heat a little oil, add asafoetida and add potatoes. Sprinkle a little water and let them cook.
Heat a little oil and add coriander seeds, turmeric, red chillies. Grind them with coconut and tamarind to a very smooth paste.
Add the ground masala to potatoes and bring it to boil. Add salt.
Serve hot.
Serves : 3-4
Preparation time : 30mins
lovely, tasty easy to prepare batata curry. Love it. Going to try it soon.
Thanks Nandoo. Let us know how you like it.
Pls try eat it then give comments pls…I have already tried… very tasty…
Oh the song looks lovely! I am guessing hte color is more from the red chillies! Yummy when its that spicy!
Shobha
Yes, good chillies make all the difference.
I always use coconut in deserts…must try this…
Norma, try this sometime. We use coconut more in savory dishes than in sweet. We love it.
Hi Shilpa, the colour of the curry is so rich. No onion no tomato. Wow. Never made a curry without these. 🙂 Only poriyals. Will have to try this. Sounds simple to make and looks similar to the black eyed peas curry in bangalore sagars. Thanks.
Good. Please let me know preparing with onion
Regards
Moorthy, the links to onion version is mentioned in above post.
Lovely!. Can we use other vegetables in place of potatoes like chow chow
or Arbi
Yes.