Aloo Chivda / Vrat ki Falahari Namkeen
Aloo Chivda- Fried potato sticks,peanuts and cashews tossed Indian style
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: fasting recipe, snacks/starters
Cuisine: Indian, North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: aloo chivda, namkeen, vrat ki namkeen
Calories: 669kcal
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi
- 500 grams Potatoes / Aloo
- 3/4 cup Peanuts / Moongphali
- 3/4 cup Cashew Nuts / Kaju
- 2 tbsp Raisins / Kishmish
- 2 tsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
- 10 Curry Leaves
Spice Mix
- 1.5 tsp Castor sugar / Pisi hui chini
- 1/4 tsp Citric Acid/nimbu phool/taatri *
- 1 tsp Pepper Powder / Kali Mirch
- to taste Rock salt / Sendha namak
Peel potato and then grate it with a thick grater .
Wash the grated potato with enough water and then squeeze well.
Now spread it on a kitchen towel for 20 minutes.
Take a small bowl and mix all the spices and keep aside.
Heat oil in a deep and wide pan.
Add the grated potatoes in the pan and fry on high flame for 2 minutes.
Then lower the flame and fry till they become golden and crisp.
Drain the fried potatoes on a paper napkin.
Repeat the process and fry potatoes in batches.
Then fry peanuts on low heat till they become golden and crisp,drain on a paper napkin.
Fry cashews on low heat till golden and then drain
Add chopped green chilies in the hot oil and fry,after few seconds add chopped curry leaves .
When curry leaves become crisp, add raisins.
When raisin floats on top of the oil then take out and drain on a paper napkin.
Now sprinkle the spices over all fried ingredients and mix well.
Let the chiwda cool down completely then serve or store.
Note-
1-Citric acid can be substituted with mango powder or you can skip both.
2-Instead of making with freshly grated potatoes, you can also make this potato chiwda with readymade sun dried potato sticks/sev .But the taste and texture will be different
To make sun dried Aloo sev and papad-check the recipe HERE-
Calories: 669kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 22g | Sodium: 2026mg | Potassium: 1088mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 14.9mg | Calcium: 2130mg | Iron: 4.1mg