# Karahi Aloo (Potato Curry)

A quick, cost-effective, and flavorful potato curry that tastes like a full-effort meal, perfect for when the fridge is empty and guests are arriving.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- butter
- olive oil
- mustard seeds
- small diced red onion
- garlic
- ginger
- 1 blended tomato
- chopped green chillies
- spices
- 4 tbsp yogurt
- 500 g washed and sliced new potatoes
- 50 ml boiling water
- fresh coriander

## Instructions

1. Add butter and olive oil to a hot pan.
2. Add mustard seeds and wait for them to crackle.
3. Quickly add the small diced red onion and stir.
4. Add garlic and ginger and stir quickly.
5. Add one blended tomato and chopped green chillies and leave to cook on high heat.
6. While the tomato cooks, mix spices into four tablespoons of yogurt.
7. Once spices are mixed in, chuck the yogurt mixture straight into the pan along with 500 grams of washed and sliced new potatoes.
8. Give everything a really good mix, coating every bit of potato, and keep stirring on high heat.
9. Once the mixture has reduced down and started catching on the pan, splash in about 50 to 100 ml of boiling water.
10. Put the lid on, reduce to low heat, and simmer for about 10 minutes, checking potatoes in between and adding more water if needed.
11. Take off the lid, increase to medium heat, and let any extra water cook away.
12. As soon as the water has cooked away, add fresh coriander generously.
13. Serve it up.

## Equipment

- pan
- lid

## Tips

- Don't worry too much about browning the garlic and ginger, work fast.
- Mix spices into yogurt before adding to the pan to prevent the yogurt from splitting on high heat.
- Keep the heat up and stir continuously to coat potatoes with flavor.
- Check potatoes during simmering to prevent sticking; add more water if needed.
- Serve generously with fresh coriander.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-05-06

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