Potatoes with Sesame Seeds

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

Til ke aloo

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

By Madhur Jaffrey

Published 2023

About

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
Vegan
Gluten-free

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