VEG BENGALI FOOD RECIPE

Aloo Tamatar

Aloo Tamatar

Ingredients

* 6 potatoes
* 2 ripe tomatoes
* 1/2 inch ginger
* 1 onion
* Jeera 1/2 tea spoon
* Haldi 1/2 tea spoon

* Garam masala 1/2 tea spoon
* Salt to taste
* 2 green chillies
* cooking oil 4 tablespoons

Method

* At first Peel the potatoes, cut them in four pieces each and soak them in water.
* Then Slice the onion thin and mince/grate ginger.
* Cut tomatoes in six pieces each.
* Heat oil in a cooker and add jeera, onion, ginger, tomatoes, haldi, green chillies and garam masala.
* Stir everything till this masala leaves the oil.
* Then potatoes and masala mix all of them very well
* Then put it one cup water and close the lid of the cooker. Remove it from heat after two whistles. The cooker will be open after fifteen minutes.

Serve with hot fresh chappati and curds.

Aloo Simla

Aloo Simla

Ingredients

* 4 medium potatoes - boiled
* 3 medium capsicum
* chilli powder 1/2 tsp
* garam masala 1/2 tsp
* cumin powder1/2 tsp
* 1 tsp oil

Method

* Mash the boiled potatoes with the chilli powder, garam masala and cumin powder.
* Above ingridients Put in the oil and Mix them well and cook the potato mixture for about 10 minutes in a pan then Add salt as needed.
* Wash the capsicum thoroughly and cut open the top by slicing the knife in a circle and remove the stem.
* Fill the mashed potato mixture inside each capsicum.
* Boil the stuffed capsicums in an oven for about 20 minutes and rotate the capsicum periodically so that it can cook on all sides.

Serve hot with rice or chappatis.