Boiled and mashed potatoes get a flavor of mustard oil, dry and green chillies, lightly fried onions and some cumin. Eaten with khichdi in the state of Bihar, it’s a quick and comforting dish. Every Bihari family has their own variation of chokha , sometimes more than one as well – for its an often made dish. Featured here is a chokha made with potatoes. The other two traditional kinds of choka are tomato and eggplant and are served and made differently. That’s a story for another day.
This dish can be served as a side with plain Dal and rice, or khichdi . Simple comforting food for the days you want to feel snuggy!
Serves 3 -4
Plan:
- 2 large gold potatoes
- 1 shallot finely sliced
- 1 thai chilli, chooped
- 1 dry red chilli, broken into 2 or 3 pieces
- ¼ tsp cumin 1 tsp mustard oil
- Salt to taste
Procedure
- Boil the potatoes, peel and mash them up
- Heat the oil and allow it to smoke a little
- Add the cumin, cook for 30 seconds and add the shallot
- Cook for about a minute or till the shallot turns light golden
- Add the green and the red chilli
- Now add the potatoes and the salt
- Mix everything well
- Remove from heat and let it rest for 5 minutes before serving. This allows the mustard oil and the spices to enhance the flavor of the potatoes