JEERA ALOO

Aug 17, 2021
By Mary Anthony
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JEERA ALOO

BY DISHA LAHORI

Jeera aloo, a flavourful & delicious North Indian side dish made with potatoes, spices and herbs. Jeera Aloo is a typical vegetarian Indian dish which is often served as a side dish and normally goes well with hot pooris, chapatti, roti or dal. Its main ingredients are potatoes, cumin seeds and Indian spices. Other ingredients are red chili powder, ginger, coriander powder, curry leaves, vegetable oil and salt.

INGREDIENTS

Cooked , peeled and cubed potato – 250 grms
Oil – 1 tbsp
Jeera – 1 tsp
Green chilli – 1
Curry leaves – few
Red chilli pwdr – 1 tsp or as per taste
Turmeric – ¼ tsp
Amchur pwdr – ¼ or ½ tsp
Chaat masala – ¼ tsp
Asafoetida – generous pinch
Coriander pwdr – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves for garnish

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan .

Add jeer and let it crackle.

Add green chilli and curry leaves and give a stir.

Lower the flame , add the masala pwdrs + salt and stir fry for few seconds. [don’t burn the masala ]

Add the cooked potato and give a nice mix .

Cover and cook on low flame for 5 to 7 mins.

Stir inbetween.

Once done off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot as side accompanimengt to any paratha/poori/thepla etc

NOTES

We can use baby potatoes .
Don’t overcook the potatoes .
Instead of coorinader leaves , we can add kasuri methi.
Make sure to add jeera in the oil when the oil is very hot otherwise it will not crackle properly