Jeera Aloo
Author: Shilpi Amit
Ingredients
- Potatoes: 5 medium size,
- Cumin powder: ½ tsp,
- Cumin seeds: 1 tsp,
- Fine chopped coriander leaves,
- Slit green chilly: 2 or more according to your taste,
- Chilly flakes: 1 tsp,
- Amchoor (dry mango powder or khatai): 1 tsp,
- Oil for cooking
Instructions
- Wash and cut potatoes in small pieces.
- Heat the pan at medium heat add oil, cumin seeds and chilly flakes. saute for few seconds.
- Now add chopped potatoes and salt to it. Mix it well, cover and cook at medium low heat for 5 minutes stirring it in between.
- After 5 minutes add cumin power, cover and cook for 15 minutes or till potatoes become soft. Don't forget to stir in between.
- After 15 minutes check if potatoes are done by pricking them with a fork. They should be fork tender.
- Now add amchoor powder, slit green chillies and mix everything well.
- Now switch off the stove. Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve them with Dal rice or chapatti, paratha or poori.
Notes
1. If possible I use unpeeled potatoes for my recipes as potatoes skin is rich in potassium, vitamin C.
2. You can use more or less chillies according to your taste.
3. I like to eat these potatoes with rice and dhal but they also taste amazing with paratha or poori.
2. You can use more or less chillies according to your taste.
3. I like to eat these potatoes with rice and dhal but they also taste amazing with paratha or poori.
Recipe by Foods And Flavors at https://foodsandflavorsbyshilpi.com/?p=247