Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe - Mashed Potato In Dry Red Chillies

Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe, a simple recipe where mashed potatoes are tossed with roasted dry red chillies and salt. Very easy to make and tastes great with Puris.

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Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe - Mashed Potato In Dry Red Chillies
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Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe is simply tossed mashed potatoes in roasted dry red chillies and salt. This dish has only three ingredients and is one of the everyday dishes of manipuris.

This simple potato fry recipe can be packed into your office or kids lunch box along with a phulka and dal. You can adjust the spice level according to your taste.

Manipur is located near the eastern part of India that shares the border with Burma. They mainly consume ingredients that are fresh and grown in their households. Since the vegetables are grown at home and the same is sold in their market, their cooking includes all seasonal vegetables only.

Serve the Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe along with Tan Ngang which is the Manipuri Style Indian Puri or you can as well serve it with Puri Recipe (Puffed Fried Indian Bread) and your choice of Dal.

If you are looking for more Aloo Recipes, here are some that you can make for your everyday meals:

  1. Aloo Gobi Ki Sabzi Recipe (Spicy Potato and Cauliflower Vegetable)
  2. Aloo Parwal Sabzi Recipe
  3. Aloo Baingan Ki Sabzi Recipe (Ringna Batata Nu Shaak)

Prep in

5 M

Cooks in

15 M

Total in

20 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 4 Potatoes (Aloo) , boiled
  • 4 Dry Red Chillies
  • Salt , to taste       
  • Mustard oil , for cooking 

How to make Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe - Mashed Potato In Dry Red Chillies

  1. To begin making the Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe, first pressure cook the potatoes with little water and salt for about 3 whistle. Release the pressure naturally and then peel off the skin. Mash the potatoes to a coarse mixture.

  2. Next  into a preheated skillet add oil. Once the oil is hot add the dry red chillies and roast them till they are crisp. Turn off the heat and remove the red chillies into a bowl and allow them to cool.

  3. Once the red chillies are cooled add them to a mixer grinder and  grind the dry red chillies to a coarse mixture.

  4. Finally heat the same skillet with oil, then add in the ground chilli and potato, season it with salt and mix well to combine.

  5. Saute for another minute or two and turn off the heat. Transfer the Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet into a serving bowl and serve.

  6. Serve the Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe along with Tan Ngang which is the Manipuri Style Indian Puri or you can as well serve it with Puri Recipe (Puffed Fried Indian Bread) and your choice of Dal.

Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe - Mashed Potato In Dry Red Chillies is part of the North Eastern Recipe Contest