Servings : Serves 2
This is a speedy finger-licking-ly fantastic dish that you can whip up in 15minutes or less! Am a big potato fan, so this is a recipe I use often. Sometimes I make a bowl of this and I have it without anything else on the side, as my meal! I just drizzle a bit of ketchup and dig my fork in…utterly yummy!
Ingredients
- 4-5 potatoes, peeled and cubed small
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 5-6 limro/curry leaves, chopped
- handful fresh coriander leaves, chopped
- 1-2 green chili, chopped
- 2 tbsp chopped spring onions (optional)
- 1/4 tsp garlic paste
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- salt to taste
- juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
Put the peeled cubed potatoes in a pot and add enough water to just cover them, bring them to a simmer until they are JUST starting to get tender. Do not over-boil, since they are cubed quite small they should be ready within 3-5 minutes
Heat the oil in a pan, then add the mustard seeds and the cumin seeds, let them sputter. Add the limro and fry for a sec, then add the tomato paste, garlic and the potatoes. Fry together on low heat, add the red chilli powder, spring onions, green chilli and turmeric. Keep stirring everything together until the potatoes feel perfectly coated and look done.
Switch off the heat, squeeze the lemon juice and sprinkle freshly chopped coriander and you’re done!! Enjoy your yummy quick aloo fry! 🙂
No salt?
Salt is included in the ingredient list. To taste.
Fauzia ji it’s getting ready in stove… Very eager to taste it!im a die hard fan of potato!
hello.
hello.
thanks for the recipe. the problem is the potatoes take a lot of time to get that tenderness.
what can i do?
Hi! Do you boil the potatoes
Hi! Do you boil the potatoes before using them in this recipe? If so, then they should get tender very fast. 🙂
Hi, Thank you for the lovely
Hi, Thank you for the lovely and quick recipe. I made this last night as a side dish and my friends loved it so did i.
Salam. Tried this today.
Salam. Tried this today. Surely a big hit among other meat/chicken dishes. But I was wondering, are the potatoes supposed to have a fried potato texture or a texture similar to boiled potatoes? I got a texture that was more like boiled potatoes but I wished that they tasted more liked fried… Should I use more oil next time? I usually end up using less oil than suggested in the recipe mostly it’s a little difficult to measure oil when pouring it from the oil bottle.
W/Salaam, you could fry the
W/Salaam, you could fry the potato cubes separately and then add them into the curry later. 🙂
Hi. How many grams potatoes
Hi. How many grams potatoes would this be, seeing as it serves two people?
Hi, take it for all my
Hi, take it for all my recipes each potato would be around 80-100 gm.