By Heta Joshi
March 7, 2024
Not only are potatoes delicious, but they’re also “vrat-friendly” foods, meaning they can be eaten during Shivrati fasts. You can cook them in numerous ways; however, it’s vital to ensure not to season them with salt, garlic, or turmeric while fasting. Let’s explore some vrat-friendly potato dishes.
Cut potatoes into thin slices and pop those in the oven for baking, or shallow fry them and transform them into crunchy potato chips!
Boil some potatoes and cook them with curd and vrat-friendly spices like black pepper and cumin to craft this satisfying and tangy dish.
Take some boiled potatoes, dice them into cubes, pop them in the fryer, and sprinkle them with vrat-friendly spices like pepper and cumin; your lip-smacking aloo chaat is ready!
Mash boiled potatoes and blend them with ginger, coriander leaves, cumin, black pepper, and chillies; flatten and shallow fry this masala to form mouthwatering aloo tikkis.
Mash boiled potatoes and combine them with crushed peanuts, coriander leaves, curry leaves, green chillies, and cumin seeds to create a filling khichdi dish.
To prepare this satiating dish, toss cubed potatoes in cumin seeds, green chillies, curry leaves, and hing; savour the aloo with buckwheat-based flatbreads.
Aloo can also be used to make sweet dishes; cook mashed boiled potatoes with ghee, jaggery, or sugar, and add dried fruits for garnish to craft this delectable dessert.