hahabogus wrote on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:15:01 GMT:

??>> Sahni's "Classic Indian Cooking", lists at least a dozen
??>> recipes in the index and mentions the use of potatoes for
??>> extending the number of servings of meat dishes. It might
??>> be maintained that potatoes are relatively recent
??>> additions to Indian cuisine but they are contemporary with
??>> chilies!
??>>
??>> James Silverton
??>> Potomac, Maryland
??>>
??>> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
??>> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
??>>
h> Try turning this around add curry to potato dishes...a
h> little curry improve potato salad AFAIC.

True enough, but I don't favor adding curry powder directly. It
does not take very long to cook a little onion with curry powder
or spices and that is much better.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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