How much cooking time?

15 min — 5 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Aloo Bhaja

Name: Aloo Bhaja
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 9 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; salt; 250g Potato; 1tsp Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 3g Turmeric Powder; 2tbsp Mustard Oil

Thin-sliced potato rounds fried crisp in mustard oil with turmeric and salt. Bengali rice plate essential.

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Time 15 min · Serves 9 · 50 kcal · Central Bengal, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

salt (optional) (whole)
Potato — 250 g (chopped)
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)
Turmeric Powder — 3 g (ground)

Tempering

Mustard Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Peel the potatoes and cut into thin slices about 0.3 cm thick (or fine julienne). Rinse and pat completely dry.
In a bowl toss the potato slices with turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt.
Heat mustard oil in a flat pan or tawa until it just smokes, then lower to medium heat.
Add the potatoes in a single layer and shallow-fry, flipping a few times, until crisp and golden on both sides.
Drain on paper, adjust salt, and serve hot with steamed rice and dal.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Aloo Bhaja?: 50 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 15 min — 5 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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