Aloo Tuk Recipe
Sindhi Aloo Tuk is a delicious double-fried potato dish from Sindhi cuisine that is quite addictive. Eat it as a snack or serve it as a side with any meal; you will fall in love with it.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 pound baby potatoes 500 g
- 2 teaspoons salt
- oil for frying
- ¼ teaspoon coriander powder
- ⅛ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ¼ teaspoon red chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon dry mango powder (amchoor)
- ¼ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Make The Spice Mix
- Mix coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, dry mango powder, cumin powder, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
Fry The Potatoes
- Wash baby potatoes and peel them using a vegetable peeler. Or else, peel the regular potatoes and cut them into ½-inch thick slices.
- Transfer the peeled potatoes to a large bowl filled with water. Add salt to the bowl and mix gently. Let the potatoes sit in salty water for 10 minutes.
- Drain the water.
- Heat 2-3 cups of oil in a pan over high heat.
- When the oil is nicely hot, add ½ of the potatoes to the pan and fry them for 2 minutes. Stir frequently while frying.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Fry for 4-5 minutes or until potatoes are cooked through.
- Drain the half-fried potatoes in a bowl.
- Fry the remaining half similarly and drain in the bowl. Switch off the heat.
- Transfer the half fried potatoes to a wooden chopping board. Press each of them gently using a potato masher.
- Keep the pan with the oil back on the heat and heat over high heat until the oil is very hot.a
- Drop half of the potatoes again in the hot oil and fry until crispy and golden brown.
- Drain in a bowl.
Make Potato Tuk
- Sprinkle ½ of the spice mix over the hot potatoes and mix well.
- Serve immediately.
- Repeat the process with the remaining half.
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Notes
This recipe can be easily doubled or tripled. If scaling the recipe, fry the potatoes in batches to ensure they turn crisp.
I like to make this aloo tuk recipe using baby potatoes, but you can use regular potatoes cut into ½-inch thick slices.
Nutrition
Calories: 146kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Sodium: 1322mg | Potassium: 789mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 50IU | Vitamin C: 37.1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1.5mg
