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Aloo (Potato) Masala for Dosa
May 7th, 2008 filed under Subji (Vegetables), Vegan
Aloo masala is a nice compliment for any kind of dosa. The Aloo Masala can be rolled in the dosa or served as a side dish.
Serves 4.
Ingredients:
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Pinch of asafetida (Hing)
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds (Rai)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (Haldi)
- 1 finely chopped green chili (adjust to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
Method
- Boiled the potatoes until they are soft and let cool.
- Peel and chop the potatoes in small pieces.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil. If it cracks right away, the oil is ready.
- Add the cumin seeds, mustard seeds and asafetida. As the seeds crack, add turmeric, potatoes, green chili, and salt.
- Stir-fry for a few minutes.
- Add lemon juice and cilantro.
- The potatoes should be slightly moist and not very dry.
- Serve hot.
Variations
Try adding 2 tablespoons of shredded carrots and 1/8 cup of green peas to potato mixture.
Namaste Vidhya
Just saw that yours is not too old a poasting. So you have given uponions/garlic – and are finding it difficult.
My dear – India is the cradle of Vaisnava and Jain cooking.
There are Hare Krisna cook books which omit onion and garlic. However, you will generally find that Tamil and Gujerati recipes abound that don’t use onion/garlic. Replace with Hing.
Like baking without eggs. There absolutely wonderous recipes on internet for egless baking – and you can get good advice on many of these from users.
Enjoy your new culinary adventure!! Here in the midst of Budapest I have just made three wonderful chutneys, and am about to do my allo for the dosa filling. I have fermented my batter in a wide-necked thermos. And I think it will taste wonderful!! It’s not the sort of food you can get in restaurants here – as the few Indian restaurants that are here are pretty poor.I do much better!!
Hi Manjulaji,
I love your website! I am getting married soon and even though my fiance doesnt expect me to cook.. I WANT to make delicious healthy food for him. But since we both stopped eating ANYTHING with onion and garlic in, I was having trouble finding good vegetarian recipes. Now you have provided the solution! Yippee.. am excited about cooking for him now
Thanks sooo much!
no video for this..??