Vrat wale aloo or vrat ke aloo - aloo recipe for fasting

• Produce

  • 1 Green chilies
  • 3 Potatoes, medium
  • 3 Tomatoes, medium

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Rock salt

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 2 tbsp Oil

• Liquids

  • 1 1/2 cups Water

• Other

  • ½ teaspoon ajwain ((carom seeds or cumin seeds (jeera

Found on vegrecipesofindia.com

Description

Directions

• rinse the potatoes, add the potatoes with 3 cups water in the pressure cooker.
• sprinkle teaspoon of sendha namak.
• boil the 3 potatoes in the pressure cooker for 4-5 whistles, till the potatoes cook and soften.
• peel and keep them aside.
• heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan.
• crackle the 1/2 teaspoon of carom seeds first.
• now add the 1-2 chopped green chilies .
• saute for half a minute.
• add a cup of chopped tomatoes and saute.
• stir and saute till the oil starts to leave the sides of the mixture.
• the tomatoes would have cooked by now and become soft.
• continue to stir in between when cooking the tomatoes a couple of times.
• directly crumble the 3 boiled potatoes in the tomato gravy.
• stir and mix well.
• add 2 cups of water, stir well.
• sprinkle sendha namak as required.
• simmer till the gravy thickens a bit.
• garnish with coriander leaves and serve vrat wale aloo hot. the gravy will thicken as it cools down.
• these vrat wale aloo goes well with puri or rotis made from kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour) or singhare ka atta (water chestnut flour).