Watercress And Baby Potatoes Stir Fry Recipe

Watercress And Baby Potatoes Stir Fry

Watercress has been the favourite green of my whole family and it can be consumed as a salad too. This Watercress and Baby Potatoes Stir Fry Recipe that I am going to share with you today is my own creation and I'm sure you will love it too. It is very tasty and easy to make too.

You can have this dish along with Spiced Fried Eggplants, Mixed Vegetable Pickles, bread, naan or rice.

Watercress and Baby Potatoes Stir Fry Recipe

• Serves: 5 persons
• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

•  2 bunches of Watercress
•  1 lb of Baby Potatoes
•  3 dried Chillies
•  2 cloves of Garlic cut into cubes
•  1 small onion
•  Salt to taste
•  2 tablespoons of Oil

Instructions

1. Wash the watercress well several times.
2. Use your kitchen scissor to cut the leaves and stem to smaller sizes.
3. Put them away.
4. Now, wash your baby potatoes well.
5. Cut them along with their skins same as in the picture above.
6. Now, put the watercress in the non-stick pan or wok after draining its water and let it cook in medium heat.
7. Go on stirring it for a few minutes.
8. Switch off the stove and take out the watercress from the pan by draining out all the water.
9. Wash the pan and place it on the stove again on medium heat.
10. Put oil in it and when it is hot, put the baby potatoes by adding salt to them.
11. Let them fry and drain the oil while taking them out of the pan and putting them on a plate.
12. Now, in the same oil, add chopped onion, cut dried chillies and garlic and let them fry for 2 minutes by stirring well.
13. When the onion is golden in colour, then add both watercress and baby potatoes. Here do add some salt to the watercress.
14. Let both cooks in the spices for about 2 to 3 minutes.
15. Now, it is ready to be served.

I am sure once you try this Watercress and Baby Potatoes Stir Fry Recipe, you will want to cook it again and again.  

Watercress Health Benefits

Fresh Watercress

Watercress is very popular in Mauritius. It is a leafy vegetable which normally grows in water and has many health benefits too. It contains Iron, Calcium and Vitamins A and C. 

In fact, some people make its juice too. It solves many skin problems such as acne and pimples for it has many antioxidant properties. 

As it is a high water content leafy vegetable, it helps to take out toxins from the body and helps the digestive system too. It also reduces the risk of certain types of skin cancer.


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