West Indian
Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji)
Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 potatoes
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 3 tbsp peanuts
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 2 green chilies
- 8 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup water
How to cook it
- Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and peanuts, frying until the peanuts turn golden and fragrant.
- Add the green chilies and curry leaves, then the cubed potatoes and turmeric, and toss to coat.
- Add a splash of water, cover, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
- Uncover and cook a few minutes more so the bhaji dries out and turns lightly golden at the edges.
- Squeeze in the lemon juice, finish with cilantro, and serve hot with bhakri or chapati.
Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji) carries peanuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs) |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on potato and peanut.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from West India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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