Aloo Ke Gutke, Video Recipe (2024)

Ingredients

• Oil - use mustard oil or at least olive oil, as I do to get the authentic flavor of this pahadi alu sabji taste.
• Spices - cumin, mustard seeds (optional), coriander powder, chili powder, turmeric and roasted cumin powder. And dry red chilies.
• Potatoes - Red and Yukon gold potatoes work for this recipe. Baby potatoes should work perfect but I have not cooked with those.

How to boil potatoes on a stovetop

• Wash medium to large size potatoes and cut into 2 – 3 pieces.
• Transfer to saucepan and fill water until pieces are immersed.
• Boil until potatoes are just fork tender, about 15 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and let the potatoes rest in boiling water for 5 minutes.
• Discard hot water and fill with cold water. When potatoes cool down, peel and cut potatoes into 1 ½” pieces or to desired size.

How to cook potatoes in Instant Pot

• When cooking in an electric pressure cooker such as an Instant Pot (IP), I peel and cut potato into 1½” pieces.
• Transfer pieces to a steaming basket.
• Pour about ½ - 1 cup water in inner pot of IP.
• Place the steaming basket in inner pot, seal the vent and pressure cook for 3 minutes. It takes about 8 minutes for the pressure to build up. It takes longer for large quantities.
• Quick release pressure and carefully remove the basket from the inner pot.
• Cook time will vary depending on the size of the pieces. If potatoes are under cooked, pressure cook again for zero minutes or long depending on how tender you want.

Rest of the preparation

Heat oil in a pan and roast red chilies. Once the oil is infused, remove the red chilies and keep aside for garnish or you can leave them in. In the same oil prepare the tadka with cumin seeds and mustard seeds (if using), coriander powder, turmeric, salt and chili powder (#1 in below collage).

Then add the potatoes (#2 above collage) and roast on medium flame (#3) until spices coat alu pieces and are nice light brown. Add some jeera powder, kotmir/cilantro (#4) and serve. Check the notes below, if you are using unboiled potatoes.

How to Serve

Serve alu kke gutke as a tea time snack, light snack during the day or with some dal chawal or roti. Any simple dal goes well with this sabji. You can also try North Indian Instant Pot dal tadka, panchmel dal or South Indian tomato pappu or pesaru pappu charu (moong dal).

Expert's Tips

Don't burn the spices - When preparing the tadka, be careful not to burn the spices. If necessary, sprinkle some water or keep the flame low.

Under cooked potatoes - After boiling potatoes, if you feel potatoes are undercooked, sprinkle some water, cover and cook potatoes on low flame until aloo is fully cooked, yet firm and hold shape.

Using uncooked potatoes - You can skip the prep work of boiling potatoes and roast potatoes directly in tadka. Once you potato pieces to tadka, stir until spices coat all the pieces, sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons of water, cover and cook on medium low flame.

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This recipe was originally published in April 2014 as part of Indian Cooking Odyssey series. Recipe is updated with new content, new photos and some resized photos. You can click the below image to see the recipes from rest of the participants.