I am back after a short refreshing weekend trip to Pune – a much needed break from our hectic schedules.
I have just realized that February is already over (only 28 days !) and March 1 is already here and that’s the date for JFI –Potato hosted by Vaishali. I have been trying my best to participate in JFI (I have missed a few) and I didn’t want to miss this since it includes one of my most favourite vegetables.
Potato (called Batata in Marathi) is a versatile and a very handy vegetable. It teams up well with most of the veggies or snacks.
Today I have made Batatyacha Kees (Spicy grated Potato)-usually made during fasts here in Maharashtra. This is a traditional snack –traditional in the sense that even my grandmother used to make it J
Grated Potatoes are tossed with green chilies and crushed roasted peanuts to make a lip smacking and very filling snack-my entry for JFI – Potato hosted by apliVaishaliJ
For Batatyacha Kees you need:4 servings
4 Potatoes washed and peeled
3 tbsp coarsely ground (even crushed will do) roasted peanuts
- Grate the potatoes (this is called as u2018Keesu2019 in marathi and hence the name u2018Batatyacha Keesu2019) directly in salt water so that they donu2019t oxidize and turn red. Meanwhile heat ghee in a pan, add the cumene seeds, green chilies and the roasted crushed peanuts. Fry for xbd a minute. Drain water from the grated potatoes (remove all the water so that the potatoes donu2019t become too mushy after they are cooked) and add them to the pan. Mix nicely cover and cook till potatoes are soft ,stirring ocassionally so that the potatoes do not stick at the bottom of the pan. Remove lid ,add salt and cook for few more minutes till the most of the moisture is removed from the potatoes.
- Remove from heat. Garnish with lemon juice, chopped coriander or grated/scraped fresh coconut and serve with fresh plain curd/yoghurt.
- I have garnished with only lemon juice since I wanted to savor the u2018Potatou2019 taste of this spicy dish.
- You can also make this dish using Sweet Potato.
- And now for some laughter to digest the Batatyacha Kees:
- u201cWhat do you say to an angry 300-pound baked potato?
- Anything, just butter him up.u201d J
- - more potato jokes here
Looks so great. Viji
@ Hey Viji thanks a lot for your comments-i really appreciate them.
hi!
this looks different and very nice. nice combo of peanuts with potato
@Thanks Roopa
Batatyacha kees..YUMMY:)..I will happily fast anytime just to eat this:)
@Same here Swapna..I fast only to eat all these so called ‘Fasting foods’!
awesome!!!… i tried the recipe for the first time and it turned out great.. thought not the “aai chya hata chi chaav” .. but loved it
Thanks yaar. Aaj Ashadi ekadashi mhanun aai ni America hoon aawarjoon phone kela and remind kele. Ek tar ithe Bath, Uk madhye aaple marathmolle watawaran tar nahich, mhanun ekach padarth mee aaj khau shakto…….yes you guessed it, Batatachya Kees.
Hope you havent forgotten anything to put in the ingredients…if you have then I will have to go hungry…:( 🙂
awesome!!.. tried it for the first time and tasted great!!.. thanks for the recipe 🙂
Hi …was looking for some recipe which I could make during fasts and landed upon this. I remember eating batatyachi kees from my friends’ tiffins in school. I made it twice and it tasted yummy! thanks. I’m not sure if I could use coriander as garnish during a fast though…