Batata bhaji. Creamy potatoes cooked with mustard seeds, turmeric, ginger and green chilies. Easy to make and deliciously flavorful! This potato bhaji pairs well with poori, roti, dosa and Here 'batata' means potato (aloo) and 'bhaji' means dry stir-fry or sabzi.

Batata Rassa Bhaji recipe - is a local street food of Maharashtra! Batata means potatoes, rassa means curry and bhaji means vegetable. This could be a breakfast, brunch, snack, quick meal, side. aloo bhaji or potato bhaji or batata bhaji is a veg curry recipe made using boiled potatoes. You can have Batata bhaji using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Batata bhaji

You need 3-5 of boiled potatoes peeled and diced.
It's 1 of onion vertical sliced.
It's 1/2 tsp of ginger grated.
You need 1/2 tsp of garlic finely chopped.
It's 8-10 of curry leaves.
You need 3 of green chillies.
You need 1/2 tsp of lemon juice.
It's 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
It's 1 pinch of hing.
You need 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds.
It's 1/2 tsp of Cumin seeds.
It's 1 tsp of chana dal.

Other maharashtrian recipes that are available on the blog are methi bhaji, kanda poha, shankarpali, namak. Aloo sabzi recipe - this batata bhaji or aloo ki sabzi recipe is a Maharashtrian recipe. As the name says it is made from potatoes (batata). The potatoes are boiled and cut in pieces and then are tempered with mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves.

Batata bhaji step by step

Assemble all the ingredients..
In a pan take oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chana dal, and after it splutters add hing, chopped chilli, curry leaves, onion,ginger,garlic, turmeric and and saute till soft..
Add boiled potato dices and mix well. Add salt and mix and cook for 5-8 mins till flavours mix with potatoes. Add lemon juice and mix..
Ready to serve with poori.

The curry leaves enhances the flavor. A traditional Maharashtrian favourite, the Batata Tomato Rassa Bhaji revolves around an intense paste of assorted spices, onions and coconut, which makes it super-tasty! Poha is flattened rice and prepared in most parts of India. In Maharastra, it's served for breakfast with cubes of potato and spices. I grew up in boarding school and Poha was something we were served at.