Today, Let’s travel to Manipur, a North eastern state of India. Their Cuisine is similar to South East/ Central East/ Polynesia. We are going to see Alu Kangmet, simple potato dish named .
Manipur Cuisine
Manipur Cuisine mainly use rice, fish and leafy vegetables. The taste is different from other regions of India as they use various aromatic herbs and roots particular to that region.
So you would be thinking why Manipuri suddenly. It’s because, this month challenge from our FB group Shhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge is cuisine from Manipur. Else I wouldn’t have been trying. Glad I’m part of this group as I’m challenging myself to try different cuisine. I have talked about this group and how it works in this post. Likewise this time I’m paired with Aruna, a versatile blogger from India. She blogs a variety of vegetarian dishes in her blog Aahaaram Online. Check her blog to see lip smacking dishes.
Alu Kangmet
This dish needs just 4 basic ingredients. Alu Kangmet is a potato dish made with mashed potato. Alu /Aloo means Potato. When I tried for first time, was doubtful about its taste. But it tasted great with rice.
Let the name not confuse you. Simply this dish is a mashed potato sauteed with red chili.This is usually served with Manipur style Puri. I served with rice. Potato Podimas is a similar type of side dish you can try.
How did I made this
Making this dish is so easy and can be made in a jiffy. Boil and mash potatoes. Saute in oil with crushed dry red chilies and salt. That’s it. So easy right? But don’t suspect the taste. Do try for yourself and thank me later.
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Ingredients
Potato – 2 Medium Sized
Dry Red Chili flakes – 2 tsp
Salt – As required
Vegetable oil – 1 tsp
Method
- Boil and mash potato. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mashed potato ,red chili flakes and salt.
- Stir well.
- Serve as side dish.
Notes
- In the original recipe, they roasted whole dry red chili and crushed it to use. I used red chili flakes.
- Adjust dry red chili as per your requirement.
Recipe adapted from here.
Alu Kangmet - Mashed Potato Stir fry
Ingredients
- 2 nos Potatos Medium Sized
- 2 Tsp Dry Red Chili Flakes
- 1 Tsp Oil
- Salt As required
Instructions
- Boil and mash potato. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mashed potato ,red chili flakes and salt.
- Stir well.
- Serve as side dish.
Notes
- In the original recipe, they roasted whole dry red chili and crushed it to use. I used red chili flakes.
- Adjust dry red chili as per your requirement.
Nutrition
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Can i ask why the nutrition panel at the bottom of the recipe has all zero amounts?
I have recently upgraded my recipe card and I need to manually calculate the nutrition.
looks simple yet delicious this one Lathiya. I would love to try it 🙂
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Love the simplicity of the dish. I can happily use this potato stuffing in my paratha or simply pair it with dal chawal.
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Such a simple dish with minimal number of ingredients. I am sure it makes a perefect side dish. I will definitely try this recipe”
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Love potaote and this simple and quick dish looks perfect for me
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Alu kangmet, now you girls are surely tempting me to make this dish asap! Simple and so flavorful. However, will not be able to handle too much chillis.
Thank you dear..mine was not that spicy but yes,definitely you can adjust as per your spice level
I love potato in any form ,your dish looks yummy and simply to prepare.
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Another aloo kangmet. Amazing to see so many variations. This looks so delicious and beautifully framed
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The mention of easy aloo recipe and I am sold! This is totally my kinda sabzi and I would go berserk with the quantity of red chillies.
That’s so lovely Vidya…Thank you
I’m seeing a variety of Alu Kangmet from our blogger friends. Each one is just a tad different from the other, and again from the various aloo pitikas and aloo bhartas, and aloo chokhas that abound in every region of India! This Alu Kangmet with the roasted dried red chilies of the original or the red chilli flakes in your version, sounds one of the best!
I agree with you absolutely..Thank you so much
I don’t think I have ever tried Alu Kangmet before. But Manipur cuisine looks like something I would be keen to discover more. Thank you!
My pleasure..thank you
I am all ready to travel to Manipur! And I am definitely excited about trying Alu Kangmet – can’t wait! 🙂
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I would love this mushed potato stir fry inside a French bread. That’s looks great and can be made in no time.
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What a great way to add lots of flavour to mashed potatoes. Love that this is so easy too! Going to pin for later!
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I love how simple this dish is! Definitely adding this to our rotation. My youngest loves mashed potatoes.
Thank you..hope you love it