Aloo Tamatar

Aloo means potatoes and tamatar means tomatoes in Hindi. This is a simple dish, which goes good not only with matter poori but also with poori, chatapti and parathas…. 

Ingredient

3        Potatoes

1       Onion (big)

2       Tomatoes

1sp   Ginger garlic paste

1/2sp Turmeric

2-3sp Masala powder

1/2sp Jeera

2sp    Oil

Pinch of hing (asafoetida)

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnish

Method 

Heat oil in cooker add jeera and hing ones jeera crackles add chopped onion, sauté it add ginger garlic paste fry till it leaves its raw smell

Add Masala powder and haldi by fry add chopped tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are soft then add cubed potatoes stir fry add salt and 1cup water and mix well close led of cooker and cook till two  whistle comes off flame and leave cooker to get cool

Ones cooker is cool remove the led, smash some potatoes with the help of spoon, and boil it ones it boils add chopped coriander leaves.

Serve with matter poori/plain poori /chapatti