Aloo Chop

Aloo means potatoes in Nepali and this is a simple Nepali vegetarian dish.

Ingredients

• 5 medium-sized potatoes
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 2 cups gram flour (besan)
• 3-4 green chillies finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon of ginger paste
• 2 teaspoons of  garlic paste
• 1 lemon (squeezed)
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• A pinch of  baking soda
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

Method:

• Boil the potatoes (use pressure cooker if you have one) and make a mash after peeling off the skin.
• Add chopped onion, chillies, ginger, garlic, lime and salt and mix well. Make sure the mixture is a bit lumpy and not too smooth like a paste.
• Heat two spoon oil and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. When the mustard crackles, remove from heat and add to the potato mixture and mix well.

• In one bowl, make a batter from gram flour and baking soda.
• Add salt to taste, cumin seeds, red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
• The batter should not be runny and should remain a bit thick.
• Divide the potato mixture into equal sized portions, in the size of small egg.  and make a flat disc shape.

• Dip each disc in the batter and deep fry till golden brown in colour.

• Serve hot with achar/ketchup

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