Aloo Bhaja
Aloo bhaja is a delicious cripsy fried potato recipe from Bengali cuisine.
Servings: 3
Calories: 172kcal
Ingredients
- 315 grams potatoes or 1 extra large potato or 3 medium potatoes
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt as required
- 2 to 3 tablespoons mustard oil
- 3 to 4 tablespoons Rice Flour - optional
Instructions
- Rinse and then peel one extra large potato or 3 medium potatoes (315 grams). Cut in slices of 0.3 cm to 0.4 cm. Also heat a tawa or frying pan with 1 to 2 tablespoon oil in it.
- Take the potato slices in a mixing bowl. Add ½ teaspoon red chilli powder, ½ teaspoon turmeric powder and salt as required.
- Mix very well.
- Immediately place the potato slices in the hot oil. Fry on medium low to medium flame. Add less oil as potatoes absorb more oil.
- When one side is lightly crisp, turn over and fry the second side.
- Flip again and a couple of times and fry till the potato slices are crisp and golden. This way fry in batches and add more oil if required. Overall I used 2.5 tablespoons mustard oil for frying.
- Remove each fried slice and place on kitchen paper towels for the extra oil to be absorbed.
- Alternatively, you can also dredge the potato slices in some rice flour and then fry. This way the potato bhaja becomes more crisp and less oil is absorbed. Sometimes I follow this method also.
- Serve aloo bhaja hot or warm as a side dish with khichdi, dal-rice, curd rice or rasam-rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 791mg | Potassium: 433mg | Fiber: 2g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 3.5mg