Potato in Poppy Seed Coconut Gravy

This gravy is my MIL recipe. Everybody in my in-laws side do this preparation and use it for vegetables or meat. I usually use potato and cauliflower.It goes very well with rice but my husband even loves it with dosa. Leftovers tastes better so he will always ask me to make a little extra.When i got married and tasted this preparation for the first time i didn't like the poppy seed taste as my mom never cooked with poppy seed but slowly developed the taste for it. I made it this weekend to send it to the event "Think Spice :Think Poppy Seed" hosted by sourashtrakitchen started by sunita .

Poppy Seed - 1 tbsp (Roast poppy seed and soak for an hour.)

Coconut - 1/4 cup , chopped to small pieces

Black Cardamom - 3

Green Cardamom - 4

Cinnamon Sticks - 2 , 1 inch pieces
Cloves - 3 

Red Chilli Pw - 2 tsp

Turmeric Pw - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Onion - 1/2 cup chopped fine

Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp

Tomato - 2 chopped fine

Oil -1/4 cup

Potato - 2 cups , 2 inch cubes

Add potato and 2 cup of water in a saucepan and cook covered till potato is half done

1. Grind poppy seed and coconut to a fine paste

2. Heat oil and add all the whole garam masala and cook for 2 min.

3. Add ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.

4. Add onion and cook till onion is golden.

5. Add tomato and cover and cook.

6. When the tomato is cooked and oil starts to separate and the poppy coconut paste.

7. Add cooked potato and water in which it was boiled and let everything simmer .

8. When the gravy comes to required consistency switch of the flame.

9. Sprinkle with coriander leaves and serve with a lemon wedge.