aloo tamatar sabzi recipe with step by step photos – potato tomato curry made without onion-garlic and heavy ingredients or spices. this is a very easy and simple aloo tamatar sabzi which you can make for navratri fasting or any other fasting days.
potatoes are very friendly and handy vegetables for home cooks. they are good on their own or in company with other vegetables… be it with spinach, peas, carrots, fenugreek, beans, cauliflower, capsicum or tomatoes.
usually aloo tamatar sabzi is made to go with pooris and is often made for breakfast. but in that dish we use onions and garlic. since this dish was made for navratri fasting, i have spiced with cumin, red chilli powder and black pepper powder.
you can serve the aloo tamatar sabzi with vrat ki roti or singhare ke poori or rajgira paratha or rajgire ki poori. another potato dish on similar lines is vrat ke aloo.
if you are looking for more navratri recipes then do check:
aloo tamatar sabzi
INGREDIENTS FOR aloo tamatar sabzi
- 2 medium potatoes OR 1 extra large potato (aloo)
- 4 to 5 medium tomatoes (tamatar)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- ¼ teaspoon red chili powder (lal mirch powder) or cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder (kali mirch powder)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon oil OR ½ tablespoon ghee
- a few coriander leaves for garnishing (dhania patta)
- rock salt as required (sendha namak)
HOW TO MAKE aloo tamatar sabzi
boiling potatoes
- add 1.25 to 1.5 cups water in a pressure cooker or pan. add 2 potatoes and some rock salt or sendha namak. boil the potatoes till done.
- the potatoes should be just cooked. they should not become crumbly.
- allow the potatoes to cool down slightly, then peel the potatoes.
- dice the potatoes.
making aloo tamatar sabzi
- heat the oil or ghee in a pan.
- add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds and let them crackle.
- then add 4-5 medium chopped tomatoes.
- saute till they become soft.
- you will see the oil leaving the sides.
- then add 1/4 teaspoon red chili powder, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and sendha namak or rock salt as required.
- mix well.
- add the chopped potatoes and stir again.
- add 1 cup water.
- stir and let the potato tomato curry cook for 7-8 minutes or more on a low flame, till it thickens slightly.
- mash a few potato pieces with a spoon in the curry, to help in thickening the gravy.
- garnish with coriander leaves.
- serve the aloo tamatar sabzi with vrat ki roti or singhare ke poori or rajgire ki poori.
preparation to make aloo tamatar sabzi recipe
1. add 1.25  to 1.5 cups water in a pressure cooker or pan. add 2 potatoes and some rock salt or sendha namak. boil the potatoes till done. the potatoes should be just cooked. they should not become crumbly.
2. allow the potatoes to cool down slightly, then peel the potatoes and chop them.
3. keep all the ingredients ready for making aloo tamatar sabzi recipe.
making aloo tamatar sabji
4. heat ½ tablespoon oil or ghee in a pan.
5. add 1Â teaspoon of cumin seeds and let them splutter.
6. then add 4-5 medium sized tomatoes (chopped).
7. saute till they become soft.
8. you will see the oil leaving the sides.
9. then add ¼ teaspoon red chili powder, ¼ teaspoon black pepper and sendha namak or rock salt as required.
10. mix well.
11. add the chopped potatoes and stir again.
12. add 1 cup water.
13. stir and let the potato tomato curry cook for 7-8 minutes or more on a low flame, till it thickens slightly.
14. slightly mash a few potato pieces with a spoon in the curry, to help in thickening the gravy.
15. garnish with coriander leaves. serve aloo tamatar sabzi with kuttu ki poori or vrat ki roti or singhare ke poori or rajgire ka paratha.
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I just love the recipe ,and I made it today and it taste like finger likking good.thanks for the wonderful recipe .
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In this receipe I want to add onion but when to add?…before adding tomato or after adding tomato??
stella, before adding tomatoes. saute the onions till translucent and then add tomatoes.
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Dear Dassana,
I came by your website purely by chance whilst looking for a simple recipe for this particular curry. Well, just my luck, not only is the recipe fantastic, its very tasty too. I did add some onions n garlic to it, but great anyway. Am grateful to your website, as gives a number of other great veggie curry recipe options too. I look forward to trying and enjoying them too.
Many thanks.
Ab
PS. Have you ever used Quorn pronounced kworn) – soya pieces/or mince to make curries. It is 100% veggie. Would love to know and try please.
Thanks again
thanks ab. this recipe is basically meant for fasting when we skip onions and garlic. with onions and garlic too, the recipe will taste good. do try the other recipes too. i have never used quorn as in india, we don’t get these. we do get soy nuggets (which are soy pieces) and also granules. but i do not add them as the brand which makes these in india, does not manufacture it properly and a lot of additives etc are added.
Yummy…
Your recipe was very nice.Thanks
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Tried this today and it turned out yummy !!!! Thanks 🙂
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During this time,we as catholics fast for 40days.Tough period,cos we as a fam.chose to abstain fr meat.You’re recipes have really been helpful,thanks so much.
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Thanks for this lovely recipe.Apart from the above ingredients I have added ginger-garlic paste which made better taste.I am loving it.
thanks. if not making for fasting, then adding ginger and garlic gives a good taste. even onions can be added.
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This curry spells comfort to me!