Saturday, February 26, 2011

Aloo ki bhujia



Several times I have banged my head trying to teach this recipe to my cook when I used to live with my friends in college. No matter Whatever I tell him, he used to put all other spices & happily tell me that it was exactly the way I told him.He has just added chilli or so.
Its a simple one which goes well with morning breakfast(parantha or roti) or you can try as a side vegetable during lunch or dinner.

U will need: 4-5 same size potatoes, 1 tspn turmeric powder, 2 green chillies, 1 tspn jeera, 11/2 tbspn oil, salt.

Wash n cut the potatoes as shown in pic. they are similar to finger chips. Wash n keep aside. cut chilli lenghtwise.Heat kadai well. Add oil. Add jeera n chilli. Add potatoes. Stir for 2-3 minutes. Cover it N cook for 1 minute. Add turmeric powder. Add salt. Again cover it n cook for next 2-3 minutes. Repeat the process if not cooked. Garama-garam bhujia is ready to serve.

Tip of the day: While cutting potatoes, keep them in water, else they will turn blackish. You can peel off the potatoes if you want.

26 comments:

  1. badiya recipe hain

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  2. I love this. I really loved having it as a side with dal and rice.

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  3. I am Ravi Kant, Bihari Boy Now living in delhi. And U Blog Help Me lot.

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  4. Thanks Shweta di. Meri ammi ke haanth ka bhujia yaad agaya.

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  5. guys i have tasted this dish before and m telling you this...she makes amazinggggg bhujia !!!!

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  6. its a very simple and easy to cuk for a sluggish human like me..... i need recipes with bihari touch, if u cud help me i wud be oblige

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    1. Sure Hena, you just have to tell if you want any specific dish recipe. Me too a lazy one at times...:)

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  7. HI , I was transfered to bihar for an project and i ate the bhujiya in one of the hotel and i am loving it from that day,

    I will try it myself to see if I can get the same taste .
    Thanks for sharing such an nice recipe.

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    1. Sure... do write how it turned out for u...:)

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  8. Hi, I'm originally from Karachi, Pakistan, but grandparents and parents are from Bihar. As a kid I really disliked this bhujia, but now as an adult I'm grateful for the simple, yet tasty, Bihari dishes.

    Thanks for sharing this great recipe.

    ~Saba

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    1. Hey Saba... U r rite...We do end up appreciating things... we used to not like in our childhood..
      Glad..I could help.

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  9. Its good that you have put recipies of simple dishes. Good for the people who are learning to cook simple homemade Bihari dishes.

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  10. A bit different in my home...
    Same bhujiya with a pinch of twist..
    As prevelent..in bihar & bengal..
    Pachpodhan..(blend of five spices~ jeera,sarson/rai,methi,saunf & kalaunji/mangrail) as we call it..is used instead of just jeera in preferebly mustard oil instead of vegetable/refined oil.
    These two gives an extra kick together..
    In place of green chilli...red chill is used.
    Whole cloves of garlic plus chilli are used as a paste after grinding together on stone..the paste must not be very fine..
    Add this paste along with termeric with potatos...
    Cook this in a bit extra oil on high flame..stir continously until the potato takes thegolden colour...bring the flame down to minimum...add salt..&...cover it for 8-10 minutes..yr crispy aaloo-bhujiya...is done.
    Serve hot...i love this..yummy.

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    1. Yeah...u r rite..there is so many variant of this aloo bhujia.. I myself cook in 5 different way...:):)
      Thank you for sharing this..:)

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  11. What oil should we use? Mustard oil or any oil?

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    1. Hey...I use mustard oil...it makes it more crispier ..I guess..
      But other cooking oil works as well.. I have tried them.

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  12. I cock first time n I cock very esly so thanx for help me..

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  13. U r a saviour...was looking for this recipe. Going to make now.

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    1. :) good luck. Do tell if it turned out to satiate your bhujia craving.

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  14. good blog! i wil try this recipe. awesome very different types of bhujya looks so beautiful. thankyou for shearing this information with us!Online Food Delivery

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  15. Thank you for working so hard on this wonderful rice. thankyou for shearing this information with us!Healty Food

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  16. hi there can we also prepare aaloo govi mix bhujia in same way

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