SuvaiArusuvai - Veg Recipes of India

  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

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

List of vegetarian recipes from the state of Assam Alu Pitka Khar

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.