poori bhaji recipe | aloo bhaji recipe | aloo bhaji for puri recipe
easy poori bhaji recipe | aloo bhaji recipe | aloo bhaji for puri recipe
Servings 3 Servings
Ingredients
- 3 large potato boiled
- ½ onion thinly sliced
- 1 green chilli finely chopped
- 1 inch ginger finely chopped
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- few coriander leaves finely chopped
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp water optional
for tempering:
- 2 tbsp oil
- dried red chilli - 1
- cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- mustard seeds / rai - 1 tsp
- urad dal - 1 tsp
- channa dal - 1 tsp
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- 1 stem curry leaves
Instructions
- boil the potato till they are soft. peel the skin and cut into medium pieces. keep aside.
- finely chop green chillies, ginger, coriander leaves. also thinly slice onion and keep ready.
- in a pan heat oil and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, urad dal, red chilli and channa dal. allow to splutter
- then add curry leaves and hing. fry for a minute.
- now add thinly sliced onion and fry till then turn translucent.
- also add chilli and ginger. fry till the raw smell of ginger goes away.
- now add boiled and chopped potato and give a quick stir. also add turmeric powder, little water and salt to taste.
- mash the potatoes and cook for about 4 min.
- squeeze some lemon juice and garnish it with fresh chopped coriander leaves.
- serve aloo bhaji hot with poori.