My recipe for Nepali aloo is vegan and low in fat and calories. Potatoes are cooked with spices to create a flavorsome dish Jump to Recipe
Nepali Aloo
Ingredients
- 3 medium potatoes chopped this dish is usually made with baby potatoes
- 3 serano peppers chillies sliced into thin long slices
- 2 inch ginger sliced into thin long slices
- 5 cloves garlic sliced into thin long slices
- 2 teaspoons vinegar or more for a more sour taste
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) salt or to taste
- 1 cup (237 ml) oil to fry
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) turmeric powder
Instructions
- Chop the potatoes and shallow or deep fry them.
- Fry the sliced chillies, ginger and garlic
- In a large pan with a little oil on medium heat, add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- Add the potatoes, chillies, ginger, garlic, turmeric and salt and mix well.
- add in the vinegar and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- Serve hot!!! with rotis or naan !!
is this the same masi who visited you last weekend?? loved the addition of vinegar, bet it would have given such a wonderful flavour to this.
yup..she was here last weekend. This dish was a hit with vivek and he finished all of it in one sitting!
Hi Richa,
By vinegar, do u mean distilled white vinegar? Can we substitute with lemon juice? Thanks!
yes white vinegar. you can do half lemon and half vinegar