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Aloo ko achar recipe

Nepali Aloo ko Achar - Aloo Sabzi

Rekha Kakkar
Nepali aloo ko achar. Easy to make Instant pickle recipe from Nepali cuisine. A side dish with main course or with breakfast or snacks. potato pickle recipe or Instant Achar.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Nepali Cuisine

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 teaspoon Coriander seeds sabut dhania
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds jeera
  • 1.5 tablespoon ginger
  • 300 grams potatoes boiled
  • 75 grams green peas boiled
  • 2 green chillies chopped
  • 1 teaspoon sesame safed til powder
  • 1 teaspoon yellow mustard powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 4 tablespoons mustard oil
  • ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds methi
  • ½ teaspoon haldi powder
  • 1 lime

Instructions
 

  • Coarsely grind coriander seeds, cumin seeds and ginger in a mortar and pestle. Keep it aside.
  • Cut the boiled potatoes into cubes and put them in a shallow dish, add in the green peas.
  • Sprinkle the sesame seed powder and yellow mustard powder in the potato.
  • Add chopped green chillies, salt, red chilli powder, and the coarsely ground spices (coriander, cumin, and ginger)from the mortar to the potatoes.
  • Take a pan and heat about 4 tablespoons of mustard oil till it starts to smoke a little. Cooking or heating the mustard oil will remove the pungent raw taste it has.
  • Switch off the heat and add ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds and ½ teaspoon turmeric powder to the oil.
  • Pour this hot oil tempering over the bowl of potatoes and spices and mix thoroughly tossing the seasoning (tadka) with the potatoes.
  • Squeeze a lemon and toss it again.
  • Serve it with paratha and chai.
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