ALOO DHANIAWALLE (POTATOES INFUSED WITH FRESHLY ROASTED AND GROUND CORIANDER SEEDS)

ALOO DHANIAWALLE (POTATOES INFUSED WITH FRESHLY ROASTED AND GROUND CORIANDER SEEDS)

Potatoes are an all time favorite with my kids and I like to try new recipes with this vegetable. My friend usually cooks this and sent some for me to sample and I told myself I must try this. I do add coriander powder when I usually make potatoes, but this recipe had loads of freshly roasted and coarsely ground coriander seeds. The aroma was magical and so was the taste. Do try this recipe and enjoy some hot Aloo Dhaniawalle with some hot and fluffy fulkas.

ALOO DHANIAWALLE

Ingredients

Potatoes – 5-6
Green Peas - 1/2 a tea cup (optional)

Ginger paste – 1 tsp

Green chilly paste – 1 tsp

Freshly roasted coarse coriander powder – 2 tbsps

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Cumin powder – 1 tsp

Garam Masala – 1tsp

Dry mango powder (Amchur) – 1 tsp (optional)

Anardana powder (Pomegranates seed powder)- 1 tsp (optional)

Asafetida – pinch

Oil – 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Lemon – ½ a lemon juice (optional)

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnish

Another closeup

Method

Wash, boil and peel the potatoes. Mash them and keep it aside. Don’t mash the potatoes into a paste, just crumble them. If you are not good at mashing well, just dice them into chunky cubes. It works both ways.

Freshly dry roast 2 tablespoons of coriander seeds and coarsely grind them.

In a Kadhai (wok), heat some oil add the cumin seeds, once it starts to fry, add the ginger paste and chilly paste and let it fry well. Keep the gas on sim and then add the freshly roasted coarse coriander powder(1 tbsp), coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala and amchur powder, you can add anardana powder as well(optional, I haven’t used this in my recipe as I didn’t have it at home), asafetida, and salt as per taste, then add the green peas and let it cook for a while after which add the mashed potatoes. Mix well, check for salt, if less, add now and mix. While mixing don’t mash the potato just turn it gently. Ensure the masala is evenly mixed. Let this cook covered for a few minutes.

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and the freshly roasted coarse coriander powder(1tbsp). Yopu can squeeze some lemon on top if you like. Mix well and serve hot with Poori/ chappati or hot rice and sambhar/rasam/dal.

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