Recipe#3478

Title: ALOO KO ACHAR (POTATO SALAD)

SOURCE: Bhadrika Sharma, Bramalea, Ontario
  in _Ethnic Eating: The Canadian Scene Cookbook_
  (Canadian Scene is a news and information service for
  Canada's ethnic media). posted by Anne MacLellan

   1       lb           Potatoes, small size if
                        -possible
   4                    Jalapeno peppers, optional,
                        -Seeded & sliced into long
                        -strips
   1                    Lime, juice of
                        Salt to taste
     1/4   c            Sesame seeds, roasted,
                        - ground, optional
   1       t            Tumeric powder
   1       t            Cumin seeds
   2                    To 3 Chilies, whole, dried
   3       ts           Corn oil, or mustard oil
                        -mustard gives best flavor
     1/2   c            Water
     1/2   c            Coriander, fresh, chopped
  Boil potatoes in jackets. When done, peel & cut into
  small pieces. In a suitable bowl, combine potatoes,
  tumeric, salt, ground sesame seeds, lime juice, half
  of the green coriander and water and mix thoroughly.
  In a small pan heat mustard oil until hot; add cumin
  seeds and red chilies. Fry them until brown and then
  add jalepeno pepper. Let it cook a minute or so. Pour
  it over potatoes in the bowl and mix them thoroughly;
  garnish with remaining green coriander leaves.
  
  SERVES: 6-8