How to make Batata Chewda -

Deep fried potato juliennes tossed with cashewnuts and raisins.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

Main Ingredients : Potatoes (आलू), Roasted Peanuts (भुनी हुई मूंगफली)

Cuisine : Maharashtrian

Course : Snacks and Starters


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Batata Chewda

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Hindi: Aloo

Why is it that when you are stuck at “what should we cook today” the answer is always “make some aloo!” Potatoes are like this…extremely popular and have multipurpose usage.

And did you always think that eating a potato will make you fat?
Well, don’t – it is a surprising source of vitamin C and provides useful amounts of starch, thiamine and niacin and around a hundred grams will provide about eighty calories.
Little did you know!

 

Prep Time : 11-15 minutes

Cook time : 16-20 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Batata Chewda Recipe

  • Potatoes grated peeled and soaked 6-7 medium

  • Roasted Peanuts 1 tbsp + to deep fry

  • Whole dry red chilli chopped 5

  • Black raisins 2 tablespoons

  • Roasted peanuts de-skinned 1/3 cup

  • Cashewnuts roasted 1/3 cup

  • Powdered sugar 1 teaspoon

  • Salt to taste

  • Cumin powder 2 teaspoon

Method

Step 1

Heat one tablespoon of oil in a kadai and fry the chilli pieces. Drain and keep aside. In the same oil fry the raisins, drain and keep aside. Heat sufficient oil in the kadai. Drain water and pat dry the grated potato by rolling between folds of a dry cloth.

Step 2

Deep-fry the grated potatoes on low heat, till they become crisp. Remove and drain onto an absorbent paper.

Step 3

In a bowl mix the fried grated potatoes, roasted peanuts, cashewnuts, black raisins, red chillies, powdered sugar, salt and cumin powder. Let cool completely and serve or store in an airtight tin.

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Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.