Aloo Chop / Aloo Bonda

This snack is popular in other states as Bonda but in eastern parts of India is popularly known as Aloo chop. One of my favourite evening snacks during the rainy days with a cuppa tea.

Today I want to share this with you as the taste differs from place to place home to home So this one is from my kitchen to yours.

Ingredients:

For Batter:

1cup Gramflour

1/2 tsp ajwain(Carom seeds)

Salt to taste

For Filling:

3 medium potatoes boiled and mashed

1 green chilli chopped

1 tbsp roasted and crushed peanuts

1 Tsp sliced coconut

1 tsp grated ginger

1 Tbsp oil

Salt to taste

pinch of turmeric

Oil to fry

In a bowl mix gramflour ajwain, salt and water to make a paste of semi thick consistency. Keep aside to rest for 5-10 minutes.

For the filling heat a pan add 1 tbsp oil . Add chopped coconuts , crushed peanuts and green chillies.saute for few seconds , to it add grated ginger and saute for few more seconds. Add  turmeric powder to it and immediately add the boiled mashed potato to it and season the filling with salt.

cook for 2 minutes. Let it cool for sometime.

Now make balls out of the filling . Dip in the prepared batter and fry in the oil. Enjoy these with afternoon tea.

Dry Peanut Chutney

Peanuts are available in almost everyone's kitchen. This dry chutney is often eaten over plain boiled rice with ghee drizzled over it.  This is the chutney which is also used for the famous mumbai street food Vada Pav. As I love the flavour of garlic I have added lots of it you can adjust to your taste. 

What you need:

1 cup Roasted Peanuts
10 cloves of Garlic Peeled
1 Tsp Red Chilli Powder
Salt to taste

How to prepare:

Grind all the above ingredients into coarse powder .

Aloo Potala Rassa : without onion Garlic

Potala is the pointed gourd in English and Parwal in Hindi  and has a very special place Odia Thali. Sometimes as a simple stir fry and as well as in Dalma and in Curries. As a kid, I never used to fancy this vegetable and was a favourite of my sister. So my portion of potala was always sneakingly shifted to my sisiter's Plate. But now it has found a place in our dining table loved by every member of my family including me. This is one of my favourite authentic odia recipe.

What you need:

2 Medium Sized Potatoes Cubed
Potala / Parwal / Pointed Gourd -12
Coconut Milk - 1 Cup
Tomato-1
Cumin Seeds- 1Tsp
Coriander seeds- 1 Tsp
Red chilli - 2
Turmeric Powder-1/2 Tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 Tbsp
Cardamom -2 no
Cinamon- 1 inch

How to prepare:

Make a paste of coconut milk, tomato, cumin and coriander seeds, red chilli,cardamom and cinamon.

Heat oil in a pan fry potatoes and Potala with salt and turmeric. cook covered till the vegetables are cooked.Now add the masala paste and cook for 10 minutes.
Enjoy with steam rice or roti.