East Indian
Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
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Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the potatoes into thin matchsticks.
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Heat the mustard oil in a pan and temper with the panch phoron until it crackles.
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Add the potatoes, turmeric, salt, and slit green chilies, and toss well to coat.
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Cook uncovered over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are crisp-edged and cooked through, about 15 minutes.
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Serve hot as an everyday side with dal-bhat.
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Serve it with
A East Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 190 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 24 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 330 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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