Jeera Aloo

Jeera Aloo is also known as the dish prepared by bachelors as it's very simple and fast to cook. Jeera helps in digesting the food and normalizes the digestive system.

Ingredients:-
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  • 1/2 tsp Jeera
  • 2 Potatoes boiled and smashed
  • 1/2 tsp red chili
  • few fenugreek leaves
  • 1 onion
  • pinch of turmeric
  • 1/4 mustered seeds
  • 2 green chilli
  • 1/2 tsp garlic
  • 1/2 ginger

Method:-

For preparing Jeera Aloo, peel and chop boiled potatoes into small cubes.
Chop onions finely so that while cooking they get nicely mixed with the potatoes.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it crackles add cumin seeds.
Add onions and saute well till they turn brown in color.
Add turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste and fry nicely for few minutes till the raw smell of the ginger and garlic goes off.
Add green chilies, dried crushed fenugreek leaves.
You can also add curry leaves.
Its optional. In bowl of water mix coriander powder, cumin powder and chili powder and mix nicely and add this into the pan and fry.
Add salt and cook till the masala oozes oil and the masala mixture becomes dry.
Add the boiled potatoes and fry well.
Here we are only coating the potatoes with the dry masala mixture. Garnish with coriander leaves and mix.
Serve along with hot puri, chapattis, rice and fresh yogurt.

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