How to make Batatya Cha Kees -
Grated potato cooked with peanuts, flavoured with cumin, eaten on fast days
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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Batatya Cha Kees Recipe Card
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.
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 Batatya Cha Kees Recipe
Potatoes peeled, grated & soaked 7 medium
Roasted Peanuts 2 tbsps + to deep fry
Whole dry red chilli broken 5
Black raisins 2 tablespoons
Roasted peanuts 1/3 cup
Cashewnuts roasted 1/3 cup
Sugar powdered 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Cumin powder 2 teaspoon
Method
Step 1
Heat two tablespoons of oil in a kadai and fry the chilli pieces. Drain and set aside. In the same oil fry the raisins, drain and set aside. Heat sufficient oil in the kadai.
Step 2
Drain water and pat dry the grated potato by rolling between folds of a dry cloth. Deep-fry the grated potatoes on medium heat, till they become crisp. Drain and place on 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.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1977 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 211.5 gm
Protein : 37.5 gm
Fat : 109.7 gm
Other : Fiber- 21.9gm
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