Cardamom Potatoes with Dill

Name: Cardamom Potatoes with Dill
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 13 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 large potatoes; 2 green chillies, or to taste; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp ginger paste; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp ground turmeric; Chilli powder, to taste; Fine sea salt, to taste; ½ tsp ground cardamom; Handful of fresh dill; Juice of ½ a lemon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

15-Minute Indian

By Anjula Devi

Published 2025

About

If I asked you to think of an Indian potato dish, I’m sure many of you would say Bombay potatoes. In this book I want to share a new way of enjoying potatoes. I’ve taken the most humble vegetable and paired it with one of the most exquisite spices. You only need a little cardamom to deliver pungent, aromatic notes.

Ingredients

2 large potatoes
2 green chillies, or to taste
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Asia
India
Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Fill and boil the kettle.
Peel the potatoes and dice them into 1cm (½ inch) cubes.
Slit the green chillies lengthways.
Place a wok on a medium heat, then add the following ingredients in this order: 300ml (10½fl oz/1¼ cups) hot kettle water, potatoes, oil, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, garlic paste, ginger paste, green chillies, tomato paste, t