Aloo manchurian | Potato manchurian

Aloo manchurian | Potato manchurian | Aloo manchurian recipe

Aloo manchurian or potato manchurian is one of the simple yet tasty Indo-chinese manchurian recipe. Aloo manchurian can be served as starter or tea time snack. Steps for this snack are almost same like gobi manchurian. But in aloo manchurian, first we have parboil/half cook the cubed potatoes and then we have to deep fry the potatoes. Rest of the steps are same as gobi manchurian. Aloo manchurian can be served as both starters or even as a side dish to other Indo chinese rice recipes.

You can also use baby potatoes in place of normal potatoes. It also tastes good. Aloo manchurian is a very easy to make dish with spicy, sweet and tangy flavor.

Ingredients :

Potatoes - 2 (medium size)
Water for boiling potato - 3-4 cups
Salt - 1 tsp

For batter:

Maida - 1 cup
Corn flour - 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 1-2 tsp
Turmeric powder - pinch
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

For manchurian sauce/gravy:
Oil - 3-4 tsp
Garlic - 5-6 cloves
Green chillies - 1-2
Onion - 1
Capsicum - 1
Soya sauce - 2 tsp
Chilli sauce - 2-3 tsp
Tomato ketchup/Tomato sauce - 2-3 tbsp
Corn flour - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut in to cubes. 

To a vessel, add water and a tsp of salt. Add the potatoes. Let it cook for 5-6 mins or until the potatoes are half cooked. Do not over cook the potatoes. 

In a vessel, add maida, corn flour, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Add little water and mix well. Add cubed potatoes in to it and again mix it well.

Put the diced potatoes in to the batter,mix well. In a kadai, heat oil in medium - high flame.  Drop the potatoes one by one in to the oil, using a spoon. 

Fry until they become golden brown. Take it out and keep it aside. 

In another pan/kadai, add 3-4 tsp of oil. Add chopped garlic cloves. Saute for 2 mins. Flame should be in medium-high heat. 

Add chopped green chillies, finely chopped onion. Saute for 2-3 mins. Add little salt.  

Add capsicum to it. Saute for 2 mins. Do not over cook the capsicum. Let it be crunchy.

Add Soya sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce/ tomato ketchup Mix well.

In a bowl, make corn flour slurry by mixing a tbsp of corn flour with little water. Add it to the gravy and mix well. 

Add fried potatoes in to it. Mix gently.

Finally serve tasty snack aloo manchurian with tomato ketchup, & you can sprinkle some coriander leaves while serving. 

Dahi puri

Dahi puri | Dahi poori | Dahi batata puri | Dahi puri recipe

Dahi puri or dahi batata puri is a famous street food . It is made from deep fried puris stuffed with boiled and mashed potatoe, boiled peas, green chutney, sweet chutney, curd/dahi, and topped with onion, finey chopped coriander leaves and sev. In addition to these, we can also add sprouted green grams.

Dahi puri chat or dahi batata puri is very easy to make, and it is also very tastier and healthier than the chats that we get from outside or streetside chats/street food.

Preparation of dahi puri chat is not so much difficult, if you have already prepared deep fried puri, green chutney & sweet chutney.

While making dahi puri or dahi batata puri, the curd that we use shoul be fresh, chilled and it should not be sour. Dahi puri tatses better if you use sweet curd, however we add sugar to the curd in this dahi puri chat recipe. You can also skip sugar, if you don't like sweet curd.



Ingredients : 

Puri
Boiled and mashed potato (2 medium sized potato)
White/green peas (soaked) - 1 bowl
Baking soda - pinch
Curd - 1 bowl
Green chutney
Sweet chutney/Tamarind chutney
Chilli powder - 1-2 tsp
Cumin powder -  1-2 tsp
Chat masala - 2 tsp
Onion - 1
Coriander leaves
Sev
Salt

Method : 

Boil the soaked white peas (you can also use green peas) in a cooker with little salt, turmeric and a pinch of cooking soda for 2 whistles.

Boil the potatoes. Peel and mash them and add red chilli powder, cumin powder, chat masala, little salt. Mix well and keep it aside. Take curd and add little sugar to it. Mix well. Prepare the green chutney and sweet chutney. Finely chop the onion, coriander leaves. Keep it aside.

Take a puri. Make a hole in it. Add potato mixture

Add sweet chutney and green chutney.

Finally garnish with onion, coriander leaves and sev. Tasty dahi puri is now ready to serve.