Garhwali Recipe: Aloo Gutka (dry potato fry)

Recently, I have taken to cooking seriously. I mean I have always been "cooking", but now, I am getting into experimentation; I am trying out various recipes. I am married to a Garhwali. So, I am trying out a few traditional Garhwali recipes as well.

Garhwali people are very simple and this simplicity reflects in their food as well. There are hardly any jazzed up Garhwali recipes. Most of their dishes are simple and do not involve a lot of ingredients.

One of the simplest yet tastiest traditional Garhwali dishes is Aloo Gutka. It takes less than 15 minutes to make it.

Ingredients:
250 gm potato (4-5 big potatoes)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
4 table spoon vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil
2-3 green chillies, each cut length-wise into 2 pieces
Salt to taste

Preparation:
1. Boil the potatoes.
2. Peel and cut the boiled potatoes into 1 inch cubes
3. In a deep pan, heat the oil on a medium flame till hot
4. Add the salt, turmeric powder and coriander powder and green chillies
5. Immediately after adding the spices, salt and green chillies, add the potatoes
6. Stir to make sure that the potatoes don't stick to the pan
7. Cook for 5-7 minutes
8. Aloo Gutka is now ready!

Aloo Gutka can be served with hot roti/chapatti/Indian flat-bread or puri/loochi or tortilla. It can also be used as sandwich filling.