Bombay Aloo
This simple Indian side dish can also be served as a main course when you add cauliflower and peppers to make it a bit more substantial.
It is the perfect side dish to any curry especially if making a meal for friends where you are making a couple of different curries.
Ingredients
Small salad potatoes – 1kg
Fresh ginger – 1 inch piece peeled and finelly chopped
Garlic cloves – 4, finely chopped
Fresh coriander leaves – good bunch chopped
Fresh Mint leaves – 15 chopped
Fresh Red Chilli – 1 use half if you like it mild
Sugar – 2 tbsp
Onion – 1, peeled and thinly sliced
Tin chopped tomatoes – 1
Dry Ingredients
Dried Coriander – 1 tsp
Dried Cumin – 2 tsp
Garam Masala – 2 tbsp
Dried Ginger – 1 tsp
White pepper – 1 tsp
Instructions
1
Getting ready…
You will need – 1 medium pot, 1 deep pan, pot or wok, 1 sharp knife, 1 chopping board and 1 wooden spoon or similar
2
Peel the spuds if you prefer . I left the skin on mine.
3
Heat the pan
4
Add all the dry ingredients plus the ginger, garlic and chopped red chilli and cook for about 1 minute.
5
Add the oil then the sliced onions and cook for 1 minute more add the chopped tomatoes and sugar and simmer for 10 minutes
6
Boil the potatoes in salted water until just about cooked. Remove and drain the water.
7
Place the spuds in the pot with the sauce you just made then give it a good mix.
8
Serve with the chopped coriander and mint on top.
