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Aloo Bharta [Indian Mashed Potatoes]

Aloo bharta is the traditional style Indian mashed potatoes prepared within 10 minutes with sauteed boiled potatoes cooked with herbs and spices. It’s a gluten-free and multi-purpose vegan side dish that you can serve at dinner or lunch with the main course.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, Pakistani
Keyword: aloo bharta, aloo bhorta
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Boiled Potatoes: 25 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Calories: 115kcal

Ingredients

  • 5 Fully boiled Potatoes Medium size
  • 3 teaspoon Vegetable oil
  • ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds zeera
  • 4 teaspoon Onion chopped
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Red Chilies laal mirch
  • ½ teaspoon Chaat Masala
  • teaspoon Turmeric Powder haldi
  • 2 teaspoon Green chilies sliced
  • 2 teaspoon Coriander hara dhania chopped

Instructions

  • In a preheated pan, add vegetable oil or mustard oil and saute cumin seeds with green chilies for few seconds.
  • Now add chopped onions and saute to a minute on medium heat.
  • Season with salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and chaat masala.
  • Add hot boiled potatoes and mashed accordingly.
  • Stir and cook for a minutes on medium heat to mix up all ingredients.
  • Add freshly chopped green coridner and mix well.
  • Now the delicious aloo bharta is ready to serve.

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Notes

  • I personally love to use starchy potatoes as they don't hold their shape and good for mashing. They are floury in texture so give good taste after cooking with spices and herbs.
  • The flavor of mustard oil makes the traditional taste of bhurta. If you don't have then skip with canola or vegetable oil. You can use mustard seeds to add a flavor of mustard in bhurta as per your choice.
  • You are open to make variations in spices according to taste.
  • Chaat masala is my secret ingredient as it always help to bring good taste without using so many other spices.
  • As per my experience, potato temperature is the big influencer to mash. If your boiled potatoes are cold then it would not be a good mashing experience. Always use hot boiled potatoes to mash.
  • Coarsely mash the potatoes to get good results.

Nutrition

Serving: 50g | Calories: 115kcal