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- Newsgroups: rec.food.veg.cooking,rec.food.veg,rec.food.recipes
- From: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Prem!)
- Subject: VEGAN: Indian: ALOO RASDAR
- Message-ID: <2nsv8m$fb5@overload.lbl.gov>
- Followup-To: rec.food.veg.cooking
- Keywords: pressure cooker, indian
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 00:26:38 GMT
- Archive-Name: vegan/indian-aloo-rasdar
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- Aloo Rasdar
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- Aloo Rasdar's main ingredient is potatoes, with onions and tomatoes
- playing a supporting role. "Aloo" means potato in Hindi. It is a
- spicy dish which goes well with parathas, naan or plain-wheat tortillas.
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- Ingredients:
- Vegetables:
- 6 large potatoes, cut into about 6 to 8 chunks each.
- 2 cup fresh or frozen green peas, the smaller the better
- 3 medium sized tomatoes, chopped
- 2 medium sized onions, diced
- 2 green chili peppers, chopped
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- Spices & Flavourings:
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1 clove garlic
- a few stalks of cilantro and assorted herbs
- lemon concentrate
- salt
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- Others:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cup water
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- Serves:
- 6 as a side dish
- 3 as a main dish
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- Procedure:
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- 1. Pressure cook potato chunks and peas for about 6 minutes.
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- 2. Dice onions, chop ginger, green chili and garlic.
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- 3. Heat a little oil, add onions and saute till golden. Add chopped
- ginger, chopped garlic and chopped green chili now and saute'.
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- 4. Add turmeric powder, cayenne pepper powder and garam masala powder.
- Stir continuously until thoroughly mixed.
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- 5. Add chopped tomatoes. Saute until tomato pieces are wilted.
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- 6. Add potatoes, peas from pressure cooker. Top with 1-and-1/2 cups
- of water. Add salt according to your taste. Simmer on low heat
- until gravy thickens slightly.
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- 7. Garnish with freshly chopped cilantro, squeeze a few drops of lemon
- juice and serve hot.
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