Sookha Achari Aloo

Potatoes cooked in mustard oil and Achari spices.

Ingredients:

• 10 potatoes, equal sized, each cut into half
• 1 medium size onion chopped
• 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
• 2-3 green chilies sliced in half vertically
• 1 tsp saunf (fennel seeds)
• 1 tsp methi dana (fenugreek seeds)
• ½ tsp kalonji (black onion Seeds)
• 1 tsp Chili powder
• ½ tsp crushed red pepper
• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tsp amchoor powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 lemon /lime
• 4 tbsp mustard oil

Method:

• Heat mustard oil in a heavy bottom pan till it starts to smoke. Shut off heat till smoke settles down. Now turn the heat back on.
• Add chopped onions. Sauté till edges start to turn brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste and potato pieces. Fry until potato is seared.
• Add remaining ingredients (except lime juice). Mix it well. Sprinkle 2-3 tbsp of water. Cover and reduce the heat.
• Cook covered for about 5-6 minutes or till potato is fork tender, dry and pickle fragrant.
• Garnish with chopped cilantro.
• Squeeze lemon and serve with Dal and Roti

Do You Know?

Searing (or pan searing) is a technique used in which the surface of the food is cooked at high temperature so a caramelized crust forms. Similar techniques, browning and blackening, are typically used to sear all sides of a particular piece of meat, fish, poultry, etc. before finishing it in the oven.