Air Fried Panchphoran Aloo (Potatoes In Whole Spices)

I saw Nigella doing a pan-fried version of this and thought it would be worth doing a similar recipe for an air-fryer. I have chosen my own mix of spices; all the seeds are left whole for this.

If you don't have an airfryer this could just as easily be done as a pan-fried dish, probably reduce the size of the potato chunks and also reduce the cooking time slightly too.

Ingredients

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• 900g Cara potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks, about half the size of a small roast potato
• 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ghee

spice mixture

• 1 thin green indian chilli, deseeded and chopped
• Pinch of sea salt
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
• ½ teaspoon white cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon black cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon nigella seeds
• ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
• ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds

Method

1. Add the olive oil, potatoes and garlic to your air-fryer
2. This recipe is best suited to a paddle-type air fryer, otherwise you are going to have to keep mixing the potatoes very often
3. Set the air-fryer to the about 200° C
4. Cook them for 20 minutes
5. After 20 minutes shake in all of the spice mixture and cook for a further 10 to 20 minutes until they are slightly crispy
6. Serve immediately

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  All of the spices!

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  After 35 minutes in the air-fryer

Serving suggestions

We've served this with sausages, eggs and baked beans as a sort of spicy chip substitute but these will accompany most dishes perfectly.

Recipe source

• Based on a recipe I saw Nigella Lawson doing on her TV program.

Variations

We've used Car potatoes as they are in season and very good for air-frying; use your favourite potatoes or what is available. new potatoes or waxy are not ideal for this dish.

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