Red Potatoes (রাঙা আলু ) are very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Vitamin B6 and Potassium, and a very good source of Vitamin C and dietary fibres. It is widely used today because of its anti carcinogenic properties.
Here is a very simple recipe with Red Potatoes. This is a typical fried sweet dish that is widely used in West Bengal during the winter season.
Here is a very simple recipe with Red Potatoes. This is a typical fried sweet dish that is widely used in West Bengal during the winter season.
Ingredients
- Red Potatoes (medium size)-6
- Maida- 4 tsp
- Rice Flour- 2tsp
- Khoya- 4 tbsp [ you can make it by dehydrating 2 cups of milk ]
- Ghee- 2 tsp
- Sugar Syrup [made by boiling 1 cup Khejurer Gur in a cup of water and cooled ]
- Refined oil for frying
- Coconut (grated)
- Khejurer Gur (Date Palm Jaggery Liquified )
Procedure
The Khejurer Gur- Coconut filling
- Boil the red potatoes in a pressure cooker for 2 minutes only. Open the lid of the pressure cooker to avoid melting of the potatoes as they are very soft once boiled.
- Peel of the skin of the boiled red potatoes and mash them.
- Meanwhile make the thick Sugar Syrup and let it cool.
- Boil the liquified date palm jaggery (khejurer gur ) and add the grated coconut. Stir continuously until the mixture attains a consistency thick enough to be made into balls that can be stuffed into a shell of the pithey. (Ranga Aloor Puli রাঙা আলুর পুলি )
- Take a platter and place all the ingredients except coconut, khejurer gur, oil and the sugar syrup along with the bolied red potatoes and mash them together. Make a dough and cut small balls from it . Take each ball and fill it up with the coconut-khejurer gur filling and wrap it up to make Ranga Aloor Puli.(রাঙা আলুর পুলি ) ( it is having a special shape as shown in the picture). Roll the Ranga Aloor Puli.(রাঙা আলুর পুলি ) on a dash of extra flour and rice flour and refrigerate for half an hour.
- Fry them in hot refiend oil and place into the sugar syrup.
