Achaari Alu

Name: Achaari Alu
Ingredients: 10 medium potatoes, peeled and diced; 2 medium onions, finely minced; 4 tsp ginger-garlic paste (if you want to make it-chop equal amts of ginger and garlic); 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp chili powder; 4 tsp sugar; 11/3 cups water; 6 Tbs lemon juice; 8 dried red chilies; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp Nigella [black onion] seeds (optional); Salt to taste

13 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

10 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
2 medium onions, finely minced
4 tsp ginger-garlic paste (if you want to make it-chop equal amts of ginger and garlic)
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chili powder
4 tsp sugar
11/3 cups water
6 Tbs lemon juice
8 dried red chilies
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp Nigella [black onion] seeds (optional)
Salt to taste

Directions

1

Fry the potatoes until tender.
2

Remove from the pan.
3

Fry the onion until golden.
4

Add the ginger garlic paste.
5

Add the turmeric, the water, and lemon juice.
6

Add the chili powder salt and sugar and lLet it cook for a couple seconds then add the potatoes back in.
7

Let the potatoes absorb the water and get a little dry then remove from the fire.
8

In a separate pan, heat the oil.
9

Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and Nigella seeds.
10

Add the red chilies unbroken.
11

When the mustard seeds sputter, immediately pour over the potatoes.
12

Mix and serve.