Aloo Tamatar
A traditional Indian aloo tamatar with panch puran (1), chilli powder, panch puran (2). Cooked from scratch with authentic spices.
Ingredients
- 2 tbspn oil
- ¼ tspn salt
- 100 gm onion (prepared weight)
- 180 ml water
- 1½ tspn panch puran (1)
- 100 - 150 ml chopped tomatoes
- ½ tspn chilli powder
- 1 tspn panch puran (2)
- ½ tspn turmeric
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 200 gm potatoes (prepared weight)
- ½ tspn garam masala
- 1 - 2 green chillies (sliced)
Method
- 1
Roughly chop the onion.
- 2
Peel and chop the potatoes into about 1 inch cubes.
- 3
Slice the green chillies into strips.
- 4
Chop the coriander.
- 5
Heat the oil in a lidded pan, and fry the onion for , stirring regularly.
- 6
Stir in the panch puran (1), chilli powder and turmeric.
- 7
Stir in the potatoes, green chillies, salt and water, bring to a boil and simmer, covered, stirring regularly, for , adding a little water if necessary.
- 8
Stir in the chopped tomatoes and panch puran (2) and continue to cook for , stirring regularly and adjusting the heat or adding water to maintain the desired sauce consistency.
- 9
Stir in the coriander and garam masala.
- 10
Serve, sprinkled with a little panch puran to taste, with a couple of chapattis or 1 naan.