Recipe Balti Potatoes

[Yorky]

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• Yorky
• 8 Oct 2019

Balti potatoes

Ingredients

• 3 tblsp Olive oil
• ½ tsp Cumin seeds
• 3 Curry leaves, torn
• 1 tsp Chili powder (or cayenne pepper)
• ½ tsp Mixed nigella, mustard and fenugreek seeds
• ½ tsp Fennel seeds

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• Yorky
• 8 Oct 2019

Balti spices

• 2 Garlic cloves, crushed
• ½ tsp Ginger, shredded
• 2 Small onions, sliced
• 6 New potatoes, scrubbed and thinly sliced
• Salt, to taste
• 1 Fresh red chili, sliced
• 1 Fresh green chili, sliced
• 1 tblsp Fresh coriander leaf, shredded

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• Yorky
• 8 Oct 2019

Balti potatoes

Method

Heat the oil in a wok over a medium flame. Add the cumin seeds, curry leaves, chili powder, mixed seeds, fennel seeds, garlic and ginger. Stir fry for 1 minute then add the onions and stir fry for a further 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, salt and chilies and mix well. Cover the pan tightly and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Remove from the heat and stir in the coriander leaf.

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• Yorky
• 8 Oct 2019

Balti potatoes with chicken curry

 

[Morning Glory]

Looks great and I love all the whole spices. Is 10 mins enough to cook the potatoes I wonder? Well you did also say 'or until the potatoes are tender'. I suppose it would pend on how thinly they are cut.

 

[Yorky]

Looks great and I love all the whole spices. Is 10 mins enough to cook the potatoes I wonder? Well you did also say 'or until the potatoes are tender'. I suppose it would pend on how thinly they are cut.

I tend to par boil them first now. Although I didn't in the above presentations.

 

[Yorky]

Balti potatoes for later today....

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• Yorky
• 22 Jan 2021