Crushed potatoes with hard-boiled eggs

Name: Crushed potatoes with hard-boiled eggs
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 675 g/1½ lb potatoes; 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste; 2 shallots, finely chopped; 30 ml/2 tbsp mustard oil; 30 ml/2 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, finely chopped; 1 fresh green chilli, finely chopped (deseeded if preferred); julienne strips of fresh red chillies, to garnish; Garlic-flavoured Mung Beans and Plain Boiled Rice, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

This classic dish, Alu-Konir Pitika, can be enjoyed any time of day as a snack, side dish or light meal. It is very easy to make, being a simple combination of mashed potatoes and chopped hard-boiled eggs flavoured with mustard oil, finely chopped shallots, green chilli and fresh coriander leaves.

Ingredients

675 g/1½ lb potatoes
4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled

Asia
India
Northeast India
Snack
Starter
Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Peel the potatoes, cut them into chunks, then boil them in a large pan of salted water for about 10 minutes, until they are soft. Drain well, then mash until smooth.
Cut the eggs in half and separate the whites from the yolks. Chop the