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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (286g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 273
Calories from Fat 63		(23%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 7.0g	10%
	Saturated Fat 4.1g	20%
	Monounsaturated Fat 2.1g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 16mg		5%
Sodium 309mg		12%
Potassium 1189mg		33%
Total Carbohydrate 49.0g		16%
	Dietary Fiber 6.7g	26%
	Sugars 2.5g
Protein 5.9g		11%
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Khasta Aloo (Spicy Pan Fried Potatoes)

Recipe #150599 | 17 min | 12 min prep | add private note

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By: SpicyDoc
Jan 6, 2006

Interesting variation on basic pan fries. Vary the hot stuff to taste. Ghee is definitely preferred but use oil/butter mix if you are stuck. Found the recipe on an Indian mail order website (www.indianfoodsco.com). Prep time assumes you have some potatoes cooked and room temperature already.

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

5 medium potatoes, boiled, peeled and cubed
2 tablespoons ghee (may use 1 each of oil and butter)
1 teaspoon cumin seed
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2-2 teaspoon ground dried hot chili peppers (cayenne is ok)
1/2-2 hot green chili peppers, finely chopped (finger,serrano,whatever)
1 teaspoon ginger, minced
1/2-1 limes, juice of
1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste)
2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped

Directions

1
Heat ghee in large non-stick pan until shimmering (I have the pan on full-blast for most of this recipe).
2
Add cumin and stir until fragrant.
3
Add coriander, tumeric, ground chile, green chile and ginger and stir, making a hot paste.
4
Dump in potatoes and toss until coated on all sides (will be fairly dry).
5
Move around into one layer and leave alone for a minute, allowing some crust to form. Turn and repeat until crusted to your liking.
6
Remove from heat, squeeze lime juice over top,sprinkle salt and toss to blend.
7
Pour into serving dish and garnish with cilantro.
8
Serves 4 but I just ate most of it as a lunch.

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From: Kumquat the Cat's friend

On Apr 4, 2006

These were quite good! Made them for dinner last night. I wasn't convinced the potatoes would hold together, nor was I so sure I could get a crust to form, but everything turned out fine! Okay, some of the crust fell off the potatoes but that was okay since I like spicier stuff than my BF so I just ate that part myself:D BF liked his potatoes very much too. I did not have cumin seeds so I used cumin powder and don't know about ghee so I used oil and butter. Only used 1 jalapeno pepper, next time I would use more. Thanks very much Spicy Doc!

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From: Charishma Ramchandani

On Jan 7, 2006

These are wonderful! Co-incidentally, I had this for dinner last night. I used mustard seeds instead of cumin seeds, oil instead of ghee(I'm not a ghee fan but slowly will try to use it in my cooking instead of oil- been thinking on this this past year and learnt amazing things about ghee) and I also used 1/2 tsp. of chat masala powder. Normally, I would have used curry powder, but since I have run out of it, I decided to add some chat masala for a nice tanginess to the potatoes. This turned out very well. At the end, after this was ready to serve, I stirred in some yoghurt and then had this over rice. Yummy stuff!

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