Aaloo Tamatar
Childhood favourite.
Continuing the veg recipe momentum, today I am writing about probably the most common household recipe. There are many variations to this recipe and each person can have their own personal spin to it. I prepared it this Thursday.
Without any further ado, let me jump straight to the preparation. Do share your own version of the recipe.
Ingredients
Potatoes — 3-4 (depending on their size)
Tomatoes — 2
Green Chilly — 1
Ginger — A medium sized chunk
Onion — 2
Fresh Coriander — finely chopped
Kasoori Methi — 2 tbsps
Salt — as per taste (I used 1 tbsp)
Heeng — 0.5 tsp
Whole Cumin/Jeera — 1 tsp
Spice Mix
Turmeric powder — 1 tsp
Red Chilly powder — 1 tsp
Cumin Powder — 1 tsp
Coriander Powder — 2 tbsp
Kitchen King/Chicken Masala Powder — 1 tbsp
Preparation
- Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker. Once boiled, peel them and break them into sizeable chunks.
2. Peel and cut the onions into 2 large pieces. Place it in the grinder and prepare an onion paste.
3. Cut the tomatoes similarly into 2/3 large sized chunks. Place it in the grinding vessel. Also add green chillies and ginger. Grind the ingredients and prepare a tomato puree.
Curry
- Heat some oil in a pan. Once heated add heeng and cumin/jeera to it. Let it crackle. (If you do not have/like heeng/jeera you can skip this step comfortably and proceed)
- Add the onion paste to the pan and mix well.
- Once the onion paste starts changing its color, add the tomato puree to the pan and mix well.
4. Add all the spices mentioned in the spice mix section of the ingredients. Mix well.
5. If the spices stick to the bottom of the pan, add some water and mix well.
6. Cook the masala till the oil separates from the mixture.
7. Once the masala is cooked, crush kasoori methi and add it to the spice mix. Stir well. Add salt to the mixture.
8. Add the potatoes and mix slowly till the spice mix gently covers the boiled crushed potatoes.
9. Add around 2 cups of water. Taste and add more salt if needed.
10. Remove the flame once the curry starts bubbling. Add the freshly chopped coriander and serve hot with chapatis.
Keep cooking and enjoy good food ☺
