Alu or Aloo Pitka - A side dish recipe from Assam

 Alu Pitika or mashed potato is a side dish recipe from North East India.

Ingredients:

Potato - 4 nos

Mustard Oil - 1/2 sp (if the smell is not preferred Gingely oil can be used)

Onions - 2 nos

Green chilli - 2 nos

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup

Method:

Pressure cook potatoes. Peel and mash the potatoes. Chop the onions finely. Chop the green chillies finely. Chop coriander leaves finely. Mash all the ingredients together along with the mashed potatoes. Makes a great side dish for rotis and ghee rice.

This is similar to Potato Podimas dish of Tamil Nadu

Khar - Vegetables with Lentils

A vegetarian dish from Assam.

Ingredients:
Papaya - 1/2 kg
Ash Gourd - 1/2 kg
Garlic - 6 cloves
Ginger paste - 2 tbsp
Green Chilly - 2 nos
Salt to taste
Sugar - a pinch
Mustard Oil - 1 tbsp
Red Lentils (Masoor Dal) - 1/2 cup

Method:
Peel, wash and dice the vegetables. Heat oil in a pan, and when hot add one green chilly, ginger paste and chopped garlic when it starts turning brown, add lentils and vegetables and stir well. Add salt and cover it and cook till the vegetables become pulpy. Remove from flame and garnish it with green chilly sauted in oil.

Serve hot with cooked rice.

Note: Instead of Mustard oil, any other vegetable oil can be used. To alternate taste, moong dal can be added instead of Masoor dal

Assamese Cuisine

List of vegetarian recipes from the state of Assam

Alu Pitka

Khar

Alu Pitika - A side dish recipe from Assam

Alu Pitika or mashed potato is a side dish recipe from North East India.

Ingredients:
Potato - 4 nos
Mustard Oil - 1/2 sp (if the smell is not preferred Gingely oil can be used)
Onions - 2 nos
Green chilli - 2 nos
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup

Method:
Pressure cook potatoes. Peel and mash the potatoes. Chop the onions finely. Chop the green chillies finely. Chop coriander leaves finely. Mash all the ingredients together along with the mashed potatoes. Makes a great side dish for rotis and ghee rice.