Spicy Potato Matchsticks

Name: Spicy Potato Matchsticks (Aloo ka tala hua laccha)
Yield: Serves 4–6 with drinks
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 110 g/4 oz onions, peeled and coarsely chopped; 1 dried, hot red chilli (use more if you want the potatoes to be more than mildly hot); ¾–1 teaspoon salt; vegetable oil, to shallow-fry; 450 g/1 lb potatoes; ½ teaspoon ground coriander seeds; 1 teaspoon ground cumin seeds; 2–3 garlic cloves, peeled

Aloo ka tala hua laccha

Preparation info

Serves
4–6
with drinks

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

By Madhur Jaffrey

Published 2023

About

This is one of those snack foods that Indians munch noisily while watching Indian movie epics in which bandits chase weeping, but upstanding heroines and scantily clad girls shake their hips at the dashing heroes.

Ingredients

110 g/4 oz onions, peeled and coarsely chopped
2–3 garlic cloves, peeled

Asia
India
Snack
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Put the onion, garlic and red chilli into a blender or food processor. Blend to a paste, pushing down with a rubber spatula, if necessary. Empty the paste into a bowl. Add the cumin and coriander and mix them in.
Peel the potatoes and cut them into 3mm/⅛ inch thick slices. You may use a mandolin, food processor or knife to do this. Stack about 5 slices together