Sliced potatoes cooked with spices making a spicy and delectable side dish, is sookhe aloo. There must be some 9, 48,393 recipes for sookhe aloo. Even I make dry potatoes in a number of ways, depending on what I plan to serve it with, what kind of aloo ki sabzi we want to have, whether I have boiled potatoes or not?? This recipe comes to my rescue in the last scenario, i.e. when I don’t have boiled potatoes handy. Also, I love to make this sookhe aloo for a Sunday brunch with simple parathas and chilled yogurt.
This is my Mom’s recipe. My daughter loves it. And howsoever I try, Amy is always like, they are not as good as Nani’s :). So right now, when I am at my mother’s place, I asked her to make this and have penned down and photographed everything. Yes, she makes it differently… Amy was correct!
Potatoes: As mentioned I have used raw potatoes to make this dish. I like to cut the potatoes in slices. You can also cut them into cubes.
Oil: With certain vegetables such as potatoes, lady finger you can’t cut down the quantity of oil much.
Spices: Very basic spices i.e. coriander powder, red chili powder, dry mango (amchur) powder, black pepper powder have been used.
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Jeera aloo, the best jeera aloo recipe, yes… do give it a try. Another appealing recipe using potatoes is the baby potato fry. At a particular time during the year very small potatoes are available. These potatoes are used with the peel. Here is a recipe for chilke wale aloo. Do try it will dal and rice.
The comfort food for most of the North Indian households is dal and rice. Sookhe aloo takes this meal to another level. Do make it for a weekday lunch.
PREP TIME 10 minutes
COOK TIME 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME 30 minutes
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