Potato Fry Aloo Bhaja Bengali Style |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes |
Ready In: 5 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This is quick potato stir fry Bengali style. Part of daily food. Goes well with Dals or lentils. Served hot with Rotis, steamed Rice, pooris. Ingredients:
4 potatoes large size, cut in small cubes |
6 garlic cloves, smashed and chopped coarsely |
1 dry red chilly |
1 tsp black cumin seed |
1 medium onion coarsely chopped |
3 green chilly finely chopped (optional) |
1/2 tsp turmeric powder |
3 tbsp oil for frying (as per requirement for pan fry) |
salt to taste |
sugar to taste |
Directions:
1. Heat oil in a flat pan. We usually use an utensil called KADAHI, which deep in the middle.Looks somewhat like a salad mixing bowl.
2. Add the Dry red chilly breaking in 2 halves
3. when the chilly is fried to blackish red.
4. Put the black cumin seed fry for 30 secs
5. Now add the Onions and garlic fry till transclucent in colour
6. Now add the turmeric powder and the green chillies
7. Add 1/6 tsp of sugar
8. Add the cubes of potatoes and fry till tender on high for 20 secs and on low flame till tender.
9. Add salt to taste
10. Increase the flame and stir fry for 1 mins.
11. Serve with steam rice, rotis, pita bread.
12. Granish with some chopped coriander leaf.
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