Bharle Batate / Bharwan Aloo (Stuffed Potatoes)

Ingredients:
4-5 medium size potatoes,
1/2 cup freshly grated coconut,
2 green chillies,
2-3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves,
2 cloves garlic,
1 tbsp grated ginger,
1 tsp roasted peanuts powdered,
Salt to taste,
A pinch of sugar,
1 tsp lime juice,
1 tsp rai ( mustard seeds),
1/4 tsp turmeric powder,
1/2 tsp asafoetida,
Oil.

Method:
Mix coconut, chillies, coriander leaves, roasted peanut powder, garlic, ginger, salt, sugar and lime juice and grind to a
paste. Do not add water while grinding, as this paste is to be stuffed in potatoes. Scoop the potatoes to make place for
the stuffing. Now stuff the potatoes with this paste. Heat 5-6 tbsp oil in a kadhai / wok, add mustard seeds, when they
splutter reduce the flame and then add asafoetida and turmeric powder, and immediately put in the stuffed potatoes to the oil. Cook without covering for few minutes and check if the potatoes are cooked. When you find that potatoes are half
cooked, then add the scooped portion of potatoes and the remaining stuffing paste to the kadhai, mix well and cook mixing
till potatoes are cooked well. Serve with parathas.

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