BOXTY (an Irish recipe)

From (" A Little Irish Cookbook" by John Murphy) that i got from the airport in Cork while waiting for our flight back to France:

I did'nt try this yet but according to him "Boxty" is a traditional potato dish, celebrated in the rhyme:

Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan,
If you can't make boxty, you'll never get your man.

For the recipe:

8oz/250g/1 cup raw potato
8 oz/250g/1cup mashed potato
8 oz./250g/2cups plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
large knob of butter, melted
about 1/4 pt/125ml./1/2 cup milk

For the procedure:

Grate the raw potaoes into a bowl. Turn out onto a clothe and wring, catching the liquid. This will separate into a clear fluid with starch at the bottom. Pour of the fluid and scrape out the starch and mix with the grated and mashed potatoes. Sieve the dry ingredients and mix in along with the melted butter. Add a little milk if necessary to make a pliable dough. Knead lightly on a floured surface. Divide into flour and form large, flat cakes. Mark each into quarter but do not cut right through, and bake on a griddle or in a heavt pan.

If like, more milk and an egg can be added to make a batter which can be fried in bacon fat like drop scones.

POTATO PARATHAS

From this part of my blog, i will be sharing recipes other than French and Filipinos dishes. And I have decided to maitained this blog in English. I hope that you'll find some interesting recipes that i will published. There is a chance that some have been tested and some where not!
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Potato (Alu) Parathas

3 medium potatoes (boiled and mashed)
2 cups wholewheat flour

2 green chillies
1/2" piece ginger
2 cloves of garlic (minced these four ingredients three ingredients)

1 tbsp each finely chopped min and coriander leaves.
2 tbsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp mango powder (i replaced with tamarind paste)
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp roasted ground cumin powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2tsp garam masala
salt to taste
ghee, oil or butter

Method
Add all the ingredients (except wheat flour) ti the boiled potatoes, blend well and keep aside.

Add a pinch of salt to wheat flour and prepare a stiff dough with water. Form small balls from the dough and roll out a little. Put a tablespoon of the potato mixture in the middle, cover and form into a ball again. Place on a wooden board and roll out as thin as possible, takin care that the filling does not come out. Bake on a hot girdle or tawa. Put a little ghee around the edges and over the surface and fry until both sides turn golden brown. Serve hot.