Dahi Aloo | Dahi Wale Aloo | Vrat Wale Dahi Aloo
This is an easy fasting special recipe. In this dish potatoes are cooked in curd and aromatic spices,
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
- 4 medium potatoes boiled
- 1 cup curd whisked
- 1 - 1.5 cups water to dilute the curd thickness
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- 1 inch ginger finely chopped
- ¼ tsp hing (asafoetida) skip for fasting recipe
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder skip for fasting recipe
- 2 - 4 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
Instructions
- Roughly break or mash the boiled potatoes.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
- Add chopped ginger, green chillies and all spices. Stir for 10 - 15 seconds.
- Add whisked curd to the pan and stir continuously.
- Stir until it starts to boil. Then add diced and roughly mashed potatoes.
- Season with salt and simmer for 5 minutes on medium flame.
- Turn off heat. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
- Dahi Aloo is ready to serve.
Notes
If you are not making for fasting or vrat recipe, then add crushed kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) and a pinch of garam masala.
For Vrat recipe use rock salt in sted of normal iodised salt.
If any spice (turmeric powder / hing/ red chilli powder / coriander powder ) is not allowed at your place then skip that.