Urulaikizhangu Roast

I was asked by one of my readers to provide him with some roots porn, I will comply to his wishes but in my own singular way.

Feast your eyes on this dish and then cook it and have another feast eating it.

I found the recipe and the picture on the blog Chitra Amma's Kitchen. She provides a variety of delicious,traditional, vegetarian, South Indian recipes.

INGREDIENTS:
Baby potatoes – 1kg
Salt – 3/4 tbsp
Sambar powder – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Split black gram dal (urad dal) – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Curry leaves – a few
Cooking oil – 4 tbsp 

METHOD:
1. Wash the baby potatoes well. Take some water in a pressure cooker. Take the potatoes in a separate vessel, and place the vessel in the pressure cooker, over the water. Avoid adding water directly along with the potatoes. Cook for one whistle on High Flame, and one on Medium Flame, and then switch off the cooker.
2. Thoroughly cool and then peel the potatoes, one by one, taking care not to mash them up.
3. Leave it in the fridge for half an hour until they cool down and become a bit firm.
4. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan and add mustard seeds.
5. When it splutters add the black gram dal.
6. When the dal turns golden in colour, reduce the flame.
7. Add curry leaves, turmeric powder, sambar powder and the salt.
8. Now drop in the cold potatoes and gently turn them around with a spatula, until they are entirely coated with the oil and spices.
9. Increase flame and stir for a few more minutes.
10. Now again decrease flame and let the potatoes get roasted slowly.
11. Roast until they acquire the desired crispness (about 40 minutes). Stir now and then for even roasting and to prevent the potatoes from getting burnt.

Relish the urulaikizhangu roast while still hot and sizzling. Crispy spicy crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside - it is sure to take you to soaring heights!

Variation: These can be made with regular potatoes as well, by chopping them into small pieces. They need not even be pressure cooked, and you can simply begin with Step 4. This takes longer to get cooked and roasted, but tastes wonderful.

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Writing this post made me think of a wonderful Japanese film I saw only once, maybe 15-20 years ago, I don´t remember it´s name or who the director is and the actors were all unknown to me.

The film shows us two parallel stories. The main story - as I remember it - is about a mature woman who lives alone with her son. The woman meets, falls in love with a man and eventually they become a loving family. The man has a dream to get his own sushi stand or restaurant and during the course of the film the mans dream is realized. The second story is about a beautiful young couple who both turn out to be members of a Japanese  criminal gang, the woman is the mistress of the gang leader, Every time we see them they are having passionate food sex in every imaginable way without being pornographic. I especially remember a scene where they kiss and while kissing pass an egg yoke from one to the other, back and forth, until they finally crush it between their lips and the yoke splashes down their chins and necks. In the end they are both (or perhaps it is only the young man) killed by the gang leader who has discovered the illicit love affair.

If anyone recognizes the film from my description and knows the name and the director I will be very grateful if you told me.