Potato Salna Recipe - Easy Salna for Biryani

potato salna recipe with step by step pictures

easy potato salna recipe- a perfect side for biryani and parotta recipes which is made with blends of spices,onions and tomatoes.

this recipe is same as shorba recipe which also have same procedure for with onions,tomatoes and spices.I usually made the salna as plain and made twice before which tastes so good with chapatis and lacha paratha,the recipe with whole wheat flour which i shared here already.I want to give a try on vegetable salna with more more flavors,but i had a huge batch of potato in pantry.Potato get easily sprouted during rainy and winter seasons.So i wanted to use it immediately and thought of making this salna with potato only and i made this with cauliflower biryani,which is my previous post,check that too.

you can make this with chicken too but dont forget to marinade it with red chilli powder,garam masala before making the recipe.this will enhance the flavors inside and outside chicken.Cook the chicken till 3/4th and then add the paste from onions,tomatoes and spices. try the recipe and let me know the results.

here comes the step pictorial of the recipe.,

• Heat oil in the kadai ,say 1 tablespoon of oil and add fennel seeds,coriander seeds,cinnamon stick,cardamom pods and a teaspoon of poppy seeds.
• saute it well and add the small onions or madras onions and saute it till get half cooked.
• Add 1/4 inch ginger,3 garlic cloves and roughly chopped 1 tomato to it and saute it till all are 3/4th cooked.
• Switch off the flame and add grated coconut along with turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder to it and give a mix.
• Cool the mixture and make a fine paste from it.

• Heat the same kadai,you saute the mixture before,with 1 tablespoon of oil and add the paste.
• saute it well till oil separates and then add the enough salt for the recipe.
• Now add 2 cups of water and wait till it came to boil and then add the potatoes which are peeled and diced into small or medium sized pieces.
• Add water if needed and bring the flame to medium and boil the salna for upto 7 to 8 minutes till it get reduced to thick consistency and potato get well cooked.

• Switch off the flame and finally add pepper powder to it for extra flavor and this step is purely optional.
• serve piping hot with biryani or parottas or any Indian flat breads.

potato salna recipe

gravy recipe made with onions,tomatoes,spices and cubed potatoes

• potato - 2 nos,peeled and cubed
• small onion/madras onion - 1 cup peeled
• tomato - 2 nos,roughly chopped
• ginger - 1/4 inch piece
• garlic - 3 cloves
• turmeric powder -1/4 teaspoon
• red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
• coriander powder - 1/4 teaspoon
• grated coconut - 1 tablespoon
• coriander seeds - 2 teaspoons
• fennel seeds - 1 teaspoons
• cinnamon stick
• cardamom pods - 2 nos
• poppy seeds - 1 teaspoon
• salt - to taste
• oil - as needed

Instructions

1. Heat oil in the kadai ,say 1 tablespoon of oil and add fennel seeds,coriander seeds,cinnamon stick,cardamom pods and a teaspoon of poppy seeds.
2. saute it well and add the small onions or madras onions and saute it till get half cooked.(you can also use 2 medium size onions instead of small onions)
3. Add 1/4 inch ginger,3 garlic cloves and roughly chopped 1 tomato to it and saute it till all are 3/4th cooked.
4. Switch off the flame and add grated coconut along with turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder to it and give a mix.cool the mixture and make a fine paste from it.
5. Heat the same kadai,you saute the mixture before,with 1 tablespoon of oil and add the paste.
6. saute it well till oil separates and then add the enough salt for the recipe.
7. Now add 2 cups of water and wait till it came to boil and then add the potatoes which are peeled and diced into small or medium sized pieces.
8. Add water if needed and bring the flame to medium and boil the salna for upto 7 to 8 minutes till it get reduced to thick consistency and potato get well cooked.
9. Switch off the flame and finally add pepper powder to it for extra flavor and this step is purely optional.
10. serve piping hot with biryani or parottas or any Indian flat breads.