easy poori masala recipe | potato masala for poori | how to make poori masala
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: curry
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 5 potato / aloo
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp chana dal
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- 1 tsp urad dal
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 1 chilli (slit)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 1 onion (sliced)
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp gram flour / besan
- 1¼ cup water
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Method
- firstly, heat 3 tsp oil and splutter 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp chana dal, ½ tsp cumin, 1 tsp urad dal, pinch hing, few curry leaves, 1 chilli and 1 inch ginger.
- saute and splutter on medium flame.
- further, add 1 onion and saute well. do not brown the onions.
- additionally, add ¼ tsp turmeric and saute for a minute.
- now add mashed potato, ½ tsp salt and mix well.
- in a small bowl dissolve 1 tbsp besan in ¼ cup water.
- mix to smooth and lump free batter. pour the besan mixture over aloo.
- also, add 1 cup water and mix well.
- cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the besan is cooked well.
- after 10 minutes the aloo bhaji will thicken, so adjust consistency as required.
- furthermore add 2 tbsp coriander, 1 tsp lemon juice and mix well.
- finally, enjoy poori masala with hot poori or chapati.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.