Aloo bharta

Name: Aloo bharta (Mashed potato with cumin and crushed chilli)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 3 Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and cut into 4 pieces; 5 curry leaves; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp crushed dried red chilli; salt, to taste; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp coconut oil; 1 small red onion, finely chopped; 1 small garlic clove, chopped; 10 mint leaves, finely chopped; 1 spring onion (scallion), finely chopped; 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves; 1 tsp finely chopped ginger; 2 green chillies, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 tsp amchoor (dried mango powder) (or the juice of ½ lime); 1 spring onion (scallion), finely chopped; 1 tsp dry-roasted cumin seeds, roughly ground in mortar and pestle; 1 tsp dry-roasted coriander seeds, ground; 1 tsp amchoor (dried mango powder) (or the juice of ½ lime); 1 tsp amchoor (dried mango powder) (or the juice of ½ lime)

Mashed potato with cumin and crushed chilli

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Summers Under the Tamarind Tree

By Sumayya Usmani

Published 2016

About

I call this a spiced Pakistani mashed potato. My grandmother would make it with leftover mash – or make it fresh on a rainy day when I craved spice. I also make an avocado version (see Kitchen secret), which works as a dip with crisped pitta or as a side dish. You can use this mash to recreate a street snack sold on roadsides called aloo bonda: just make round balls from the mash, dip in pakora batter and deep-fry. S

Ingredients

Asia
Pakistan
Snack
Microwave
Leftovers
Street Food
Vegan
Gluten-free
Summer

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