Indian-Style Potatoes - Khatta Aloo
"A good side dish to go along with curried meats or as part of a vegetarian meal."
photo by Jill S.
- Ready In:
- 33mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon caraway seed
- 3⁄4 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped red onion
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 hot chili pepper, seeded and finely chopped (amount to taste)
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 1⁄2 cups cooked diced new potatoes
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (fresh coriander)
- 2 tablespoons chopped of fresh mint
- 1 lime, juiced
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
directions
- In a large skillet heat cumin, caraway, cuminseed, ground coriander in the oil only until fragrant, swirling the pan.
- Add the onion and cook 1 minute.
- Add the garlic, hot chile, and ginger, and cook until the onion is tender.
- Add the turmeric and cayenne to the pan and mix into the onion mixture before adding the potatoes and lime juice; season with salt and pepper.
- Warm the dish through until hot and garnish with the cilantro and mint leaves.
- Serve hot.
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Reviews
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We left all of the burn out of this recipe as a few of us cant handle the heat. I was planning on using sweet potato as another foodie suggested but forgot to grab them so we will have to try it next time TY Sue -
I made it for dinner today and we didn't have any leftovers. I have to disagree with those who thought it was too spicy.It was just right for our taste. I followed the recipe exactly and only substituted lemon juice for lime juice. It is a nice side dish or a vegetarian entree. Will make it again,only double the recipe.Thank you. -
What a yummy dish! Shhhh... don't tell anyone, but we prepared it with sweet potato.... the mixture of sweet and spicy was heavenly! -
Great!!!
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Looking at the recipe, I already knew it would be way too spicy for me so I used only 1/4 of the suggested cayenne pepper. This made the spiciness perfect for me. I also cut down the amount of lime. I used gold potatoes, boiled them in salt water till soft and then combined with the onion spice mixture and cooked them for 5-10 minutes more with a little extra veggie broth till they were super fluffy and extra delicious! Disregarding the spice level, overall, good dish. Very flavorful and smells great! I definitely make again.
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I made it for dinner today and we didn't have any leftovers. I have to disagree with those who thought it was too spicy.It was just right for our taste. I followed the recipe exactly and only substituted lemon juice for lime juice. It is a nice side dish or a vegetarian entree. Will make it again,only double the recipe.Thank you.
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I made this for lunch this afternoon(as part of a special meal for the festival of Janmashtami: The birthday of Lord Krishna who loved eating potatoes which is something I got to learn just yesterday!). I made this as it is using all the ingredients mentioned, except for caraway seeds that I did not have on hand. I substituted the hot chilli pepper with a green chilli and cayenne pepper with black pepper. I also cut down the oil to just 1 tbsp.(trying to cut on fat). I found this to be flavourful(especially loved the flavour of mint and lemon juice in this). However, for our tastes, this was definitely spicy. So, I'll surely be omitting the green chilli and cutting on the black pepper also by half of the quantity mentioned here. I used about a tsp. of salt for this. We had this with low-fat plain yoghurt and rotis(Indian flatbreads). This also goes well when stuffed in between bread slices or also with pao(a fat puffed up kind of bread). My dad also had some of this with rice and yoghurt mixed in. Thank you, Auntie Sue for a nice lunch dish!
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PalatablePastime
Cincinnati
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