Jeera Aloo: Spicy Potatoes

Jeera aloo is an easy Indian recipe. This spicy maincourse dish can be prepared in just 10 minutes. It is a recipe made of fried potatoes and cumin seeds. If you want to enjoy this dish as a snack, you can deep fry and serve with tomato ketchup. This is actually a North Indian recipe. But if you add some curry leaves and mustard seeds while seasoning, it acquires a nice South Indian flavour.

Ingredients:::

• Potatoes 4 (chopped into small pieces)
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Cumin powder 1 tsp
• Amchoor or dry mango powder 1 tsp
• Green chillies 3-4 (minced)
• Coriander leaves or cilantro (chopped) 1 tbsp
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Salt as per taste

 
Method:::

• Cut and peel potatoes.
• Heat oil in a pan (medium sized). Season the oil with cumin seeds.
• Reduce the flame to minimum and add cumin powder and amchoor to it.
• Pour the chopped potatoes into oil with the minced green chillies and add salt.
• Stir the potatoes a couple of times and cover the pan with a lid.
• Let it cook on low flame for 5 minutes. You need to keep stirring it once in a while to stop the potatoes from getting stuck to the bottom of the pan.
• Remove from flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Tips::: You can prepare this instant recipe of Jeera Aloo as a snack or a side dish with paratha..