
Aloo Chokha
Fire-roasted mashed potato with raw mustard oil, salt, green chilli, and chopped onion. Simplest Bihar side dish.
Ise alu chokha naam se bhi khoja jata hai.
Time 20 min · Serves 8 · 65 kcal · Bhojpur, Bihar
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Main
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)
- Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- Potato — 250 g (chopped)
- coriander powder — 1 tsp (ground)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- onion — 100 g (chopped)
- green chillies — 10 g
Tempering
- Mustard Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Method
- Boil the potatoes until soft, peel and mash them coarsely while still warm.
- Finely chop the onion and green chilli.
- Add the chopped onion, green chilli, red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric and salt to the mashed potato.
- Pour over the raw mustard oil and mix everything well by hand.
- Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve with litti, roti or rice.
Common questions
- Aloo Chokha ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- भोजपुरी आलू चोखा ko English mein Aloo Chokha likhte hain.
- Ek plate Aloo Chokha mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 65 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 20 min lagta hai — 5 min taiyari, 15 min pakana.
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