QUICK PALDA WITH FRIED ALOO CHIPS (POTATO)

There are a so many different ways to make Palda.

We always make this yogurt-gravy based dish, when serving Pahari food. Palda is one of my brother’s favorite dishes.

In my mother’s kitchen, we have two recipes for Palda – both are made with potato. There is a quick one and a cumbersome one. Both are equally delicious.

Here is the recipe for the quick Palda which uses homemade, thick cut, potato chips. Watch out for those fried potato chips – make sure you make plenty extra because in our home very few of them actually make it into the Palda. They are just too irresistible!

 

Serves 4

Ingredients:

3 potatoes peeled and sliced in rounds to make chips

3” ginger

8 cloves garlic

5 cups of yogurt whipped

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

Garlic and ginger paste

Pinch of asafoetida (hing)

¾ teaspoon of turmeric

3 teaspoons of coriander powder (dhaniya)

1 teaspoon of garam masala
 
 

Homemade Potato Chips:

• Soak the sliced potatoes in salted water and set aside.
• Drain the potatoes and deep fry till cooked to a semi crisp state. (should not be crisp like chips)

• Set these aside.

 

 

 

 

Palda Gravy:

• In large pot or wok, heat  4 Tbs of oil or ghee (clarified butter).
• Add 1 heaped teaspoon of cumin seeds (jeera).
• When the cumin seeds begin to pop, add the ground garlic and ginger paste.
• Add a pinch of asafoetida (hing).
• Add the chopped onions and cook it for about 10 minutes.

• Add salt and ¾ teaspoon of turmeric powder (haldi).
• Add 3 teaspoons of coriander powder (dhaniya) and 1 teaspoon of garam masala.
• Cook this for about 5 minutes.
• Take it off the fire.

• Add the whipped yogurt to the above mixture.
• Add the fried sliced potatoes to the yogurt.
• Mix it well and serve immediately.

 

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