Tell me one person who doesn’t like Potato!!
I still remember that my mom use to make one Aloo ki Sabzi for me every day. I would simply not eat any green vegetables and now when I look back I totally empathize with my mom and I wish I would have been easier on her. But my mom was way sharper and she would feed me Aloo in different manners so I would not miss any nutrition. One of her recipes was Bharwan Aloo. Now she made it differently than I have described it here however the look and feel remains the same. So that also suggests that in Bharwan Aloo you have flexibility to choose your filling. I chose paneer because it does give quite rich taste to the food and a nice color contrast to dark brown potatoes jackets. Try out sweet corn or mix vegetable fillings or even keema for non vegetarians and enjoy different flavors from same dish.
So Bharwan Aloo itself sounds tempting to anyone who loves Potato and Bharwan (with stuffing) food platter. Mostly in north India all the marriages have Bharwan vegetables served and they all are quite a delight for your taste buds. In India marriages are mostly talked about for décor and food and latter has always been a priority for a foodie like me. Now that I have mentioned Bharwan Aloo so many times lets quickly go on the recipe piece and start fixing the ingredients for the same.
- Potatoes: 3 (split in half)
- Paneer: 50 gms grated
- Onions: 1 medium (grind to paste)
- Tomato puree: 2 tbsp
- Ginger paste: 2 tsp
- Garlic paste: 2 tsp
- Coriander: ¼ cup fine chopped
- Kasuri Methi: ½ tsp grounded
- Tamarind paste: 1 tbsp
- Jaggery: 1 tbsp grated
- Salt : to taste
- Chilli powder: 1 tsp
- Coriander powder: 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
- Cumin powder: 1 tsp
- Garam Masala: 1 tsp
- Tomato Ketchup: 1 tbsp
- Oil: For frying and cooking
- Peel potatoes and split in half. Scoop the potatoes from between and make space for fillings.
- Deep fry the potatoes and keep it aside
- Mix grated paneer with salt, coriander, Kasuri methi, cumin powder and fill the potatoes with the mixtures. Bake this on convection mode at 180 degrees for 15 to 20 mins.
- Now heat the oil in a wok and add onion paste. Once paste turns brown add ginger and garlic paste.
- Add tomato puree and cook it for 5 mins.
- Now to this add turmeric powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder and garam masala and cook it till masala is done.
- Now add 1 tbsp tomato ketchup and mix it properly in the masala itself.
- Mix tamarind in ¼ cup water and add to the masala. Grate the jaggery and mix the same.
- Add ½ cup water and let it cook on low flame. Now pour the gravy over the filled up potatoes and serve hot.