Pav Bhaji

Ingredients

• Potatoes
• Tomatoes
• Red onion
• Bell peppers
• Garam masala
• Haldi
• Salt
• Chili 
• Lime 
• Cilantro 
• Olive oil
• Buns - pav

Preparation

Wash, peel and cut golden potatoes.

Use a glass container and cook them in the microwave until tender.

Chop tomatoes, bell peppers, and red onion.

Brown the onion

Add the tomato

bell peppers. Steam them in a pot.

Add haldi, garam masala, salt and chili.

Add cooked potatoes. Keep cooking on low heat (20-30mins) and make it into a fine mix by breaking the potatoes with your spatula. (Do not use a blender!)

Garnish with cilantro.

Eat as a sandwich with hamburger buns. Add lime to taste.

Enjoy!

Aloo Jira (Fennel)

Ingredients

• Potatoes (white, red or gold are ok)
• Red Onions
• Haldi (tummeric)
• Chilli powder
• Salt
• Cilantro
• Jira (fennel seeds)
• Olive oil

Preparation

Wash potatoes and place in a glass container.Boil the potatoes in the microwave. Small potatoes take less time to cook, or you can peel and cut them before microwaving. 

Cut the potatoes in small pieces (before or after cooking) your choice.

Brown potatoes in olive oil.

On a separate pan sautee red onions.

Combine potatoes and onion until fully browned.

Add jira seeds, haldi, salt and chilli powder.

Garnish with cilantro.

Enjoy with roti or as a side dish!

Eggplant Aloo

This is aloo (potatoes) with baigan (eggplant). Chop the ingredients (ignore the zucchini, for a different recipe!)

Cook the potatoes in a microwave for 7-9mins.

In the meantime, prepare the eggplant mix, pan fry some chopped onion and add the tomatoes. Add some cumin seeds in olive oil and add to the mix. Add chilli, heeng which an essential flavor and salt to taste.

Move to a deep pot, add the eggplant and cover to cook. Mash it to make a nice even mix. Finally add the potatoes and allow the flavor to settle in!

Aloo - mustard + tomatoes

Cook some potatoes in the microwave (6-7mins) and peel and chop them.

Prepare the tomato curry by cooking some onion in olive oil until its brown. Then add some chopped tomatoes.

Prepare the potatoes by heating some olive oil and frying a  tablespoon of mustard seeds. Then add the potatoes and haldi and salt to taste.

Pour in the tomato curry, stir and ready to serve!