Jeera Aloo Recipe or Aloo Jeera
A simple side dish in punjabi style made using boiled potatoes/aloo and spicing it up with cumin seeds and jeera powder.
Ingredients
- 4-5 medium size aloo/potatoes
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 3-4 slit green chillies
- 1 teaspoon roasted cumin seeds powder
- 1 teaspoon roasted coriander seeds powder
- salt - to taste
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 tablespoon freshly chopped coriander leaves
Instructions
Boil the potatoes:
- Firstly, take a pressure cooker, into it, add aloo/potatoes, add water enough to dip the potatoes.
- Add some salt.
- Pressure cook the potatoes/aloo until they get soft or for about 5-6 whistles on high flame.
- Reduce the steam.
- Take the potatoes and remove the peel of the boiled potatoes.
- Dice the potatoes using a knife.
- Rest the diced potatoes aside.
For the jeera aloo recipe:
- Take a wok, into it, add oil and heat it.
- Add cumin seeds.
- Add slit green chillies into it.
- Reduce the flame.
- Add roasted cumin seeds powder.
- Add roasted coriander seeds powder and mix.
- Add salt as per taste.
- Add red chilli powder and turmeric powder and stir the mixture well.
- Add in the diced potatoes which were kept aside.
- Keep tossing the wok until the diced aloo gets coated well with all the spice mixture.
- Cook for one or two minutes.
- Lastly add in some freshly chopped coriander leaves and toss them again.
- Serve hot with roti or paratha.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Jeera Aloo Recipe or Aloo Jeera
Amount Per Serving
Calories 86
Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 16mg0%
Carbohydrates 1g0%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 8IU0%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 7mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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