Aloo jeera fry - Fried potatoes with cumin
Cooking time: 10 min. / 20 min.Difficulty: easy
If you love fried potatoes, it is time to tune them up a bit by some great Indian spices :) Great as a side dish, but in India they serve them with rice or local bread.
Process
Heat wok with oil and deep fry potatoes till golden brown and drain.
Heat wok with 1 tbs of oil. Stir fry cumin seeds for 1 minute. Add onion, garlic and ginger and fry 1 more minute. Lower heat, add potatoes, salt, turmeric, chili powder and cumin powder. Stir all the time and after 2 minutes remove from the stove. Just before serving mix with cilantro.
Serve with chapati, rice and other Indian dishes.
To buy Indian crockery US, UK, Europe
Ingredients
For 4 portions:
- 4 large potatoes - boiled in skin, peeled and cut on pieces
- 1 and 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 cm long piece ginger super finely chopped
- 1 red onion cut on strings
- 1 clove garlic super finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 cumin powder
- cilantro finely chopped
- salt
- oil
Authentic tools needed:
- kadai pan