Today, Let’s travel to Manipur, a Northeastern state of India. Their Cuisine is similar to South East/ Central East/ Polynesia. We are going to see Alu Kangmet, a simple potato dish.
Manipur Cuisine
Manipur Cuisine mainly uses 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’s challenge from our FB group Shhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge is cuisine from Manipur. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been trying. Glad I’m part of this group as I’m challenging myself to try different cuisines. 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 about a variety of vegetarian dishes on 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 it for the 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 to make Alu Kangmet
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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Alu Kangmet recipe
Ingredients
Potato – 2 Medium Sized
Dry Red Chili flakes – 2 tsp
Salt – As required
Vegetable oil – 1 tsp
Method
- Boil and mash potatoes. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mashed potato, red chili flakes, and salt.
- Stir well.
- Serve as a 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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Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.
Thank you