Chatpate Aloo Recipe /Achari Aloo

Chatpate  Aloo or Sookhe Achari Aloo is a quick and easy dry dish made with aromatic spices and baby potatoes. Chatpate Aloo is flavourful spicy and yummy dish which can be served as side dish or as an appetizer. The freshly roasted and ground masala adds in lovely flavour. We love to have this dish especially when its raining out. this makes a great party appetizer or starter too and can be a great option for kids tiffin too .

Ingredients
2 tbsp Coriander seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds
4 Kashmiri  /any dry chillies
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp pepper corns

250 gm baby Potatoes
2 tbsp Oil
1/4 tsp asafoetida/Hing
3 to 4 garlic minced
1 tsp kalonji/nigella seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Chat masala
1/2 tsp Amchur powder .
salt

Method

• Wash the potatoes and boil it either in a cooker for 1 whistle or for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Once boiled peel the skin and set aside.
• Apply little salt and keep aside.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil and add the potatoes fry over medium flame till crisp and light golden brown.
• Transfer the potatoes on a plate.
• Dry roast the chillies,fennel seeds,coriander cumin and pepper and  coarsely powder it .

• Now in the same oil add hing ,nigella seeds and chopped garlic and saute for 2 to 3 min
• Then add the potatoes and toss well
• Add the freshly powdered masala ,red chilli powder ,chat masala and amchoor powder and and toss it well
• Add 1 to 2 tbsp of water so that the masala coats the potatoes well.
• Add toasted  sesame seeds and chopped coriander and serve as a side dish or appetizer.

You can use the normal potatoes too ,boil and cut in cubes and proceed .

You can add minced ginger as well or can totally skip ginger garlic .

If you want of more tangy you could add anardana powder and also squeeze in some lemon juice .

I prefer frying the potatoes before tossing in the spice powder you can skip this and use boil potatoes instead .

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