Name: Potatoes with Sesame Seeds (Til ke aloo)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg/2 lb 4 oz waxy potatoes; ⅛–¾ teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; about 2 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons cumin seeds; 6 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds; 2 teaspoons black mustard seeds

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

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Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

By Madhur Jaffrey

Published 2023

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Here is another of those easy, delicious dishes that you might enjoy both with Indian meals and with simple dinners of roasted and grilled meats.

Ingredients

1 kg/2 lb 4 oz waxy potatoes
6

Asia
India
Dinner
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Boil the potatoes in their jackets. Drain and cool them for 3–4 hours. Peel the potatoes and chop them into 2cm/¾ inch cubes.
Heat the oil in a 25–30cm/10–12 inch frying pan over a medium flame. (A non-stick or well-seasoned cast-iron frying pan would be ideal.) When the oil is very hot, put in the cumin seeds, mustard seeds and sesame seeds. As soon as the see

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