Jeera Aloo: Spicy Potatoes In 5 Minutes!

Jeera aloo is an easy Indian recipe. This spicy maincourse dish can be prepared in just 10 minutes. It is a recipe made of fried potatoes and cumin seeds. If you want to enjoy this dish as a snack, you can deep fry and serve with tomato ketchup. This is actually a North Indian recipe. But if you add some curry leaves and mustard seeds while seasoning, it acquires a nice South Indian flavour.


Ingredients For Jeera Aloo:

Jeera Aloo: Spicy Potatoes In 5 Minutes!

Potatoes 4 (chopped into small pieces)

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Cumin powder 1 tsp

Amchoor or dry mango powder 1 tsp

Green chillies 3-4 (minced)

Bay leave 1

Coriander leaves or cilantro (chopped) 1 tbsp

Oil 1 tbsp

Salt as per taste


Procedure For Jeera Aloo:

  • Cut and peel potatoes.
  • Heat oil in a pan (medium sized). Season the oil with cumin seeds and bay leaves.
  • Reduce the flame to minimum and add cumin powder and amchoor to it.
  • Pour the chopped potatoes into oil with the minced green chillies and add salt.
  • Stir the potatoes a couple of times and cover the pan with a lid.
  • Let it cook on low flame for 5 minutes. You need to keep stirring it once in a while to stop the potatoes from getting stuck to the bottom of the pan.
  • Remove from flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

You can prepare this instant recipe of Jeera Aloo as a snack or a side dish with chapatis.