Aloo bhaji

I hate doing deep frying and hence find some reason or the other to avoid it. My family loves eating all fried items like appalam, vada, bhajji etc. When my mom visited during X'mas holidays, I asked her to prepare poori and I made this potato bhaaji to go with it.

Ingredients:-

Potato - 2 large, pressure cooked and mashed(not fine, but few chunks here and there would be nice)
Onion - 1 large, chopped fine
Ginger - 1 inch piece, chopped fine or grated
Green chilly - 1 or 2 depending on your spice tolerance
Curry leaves - few
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Gram dal - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1tsp
Refined oil - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Lemon - juice of half lemon
Water - 2 cups
Coriander leaves - for garnishing

Preparation:-

Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds when oil is hot. Once they start spluttering add gram dal and fry until golden brown. At this stage, add onion, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute till the onion turns translucent and green chillies are fried. Add turmeric powder and give it a quick mix. Now add the mashed potato and salt. You can mash it with a ladle or a potato masher. Don't mash it into a paste. Mix them thoroughly and add 2 cups of water. Allow it to boil. Transfer it to a bowl and squeeze the juice of half a lemon and mix it. Garnish with coriander leaves.