Aaloo Pitika with a difference -Works when you only want to have daal and rice

All you need are potatoes, Red dry chilies (sabut that means not powered), salt and onions.

Boil the potatoes and in the mean time, fry the red chilies and sliced onions till they are little crispy (I said Crispy .. so something brownish. YOU MADE IT BLACK duh!!!)

After 4-5 whistles, take the potatoes out, mash it (use Steel glass – works well –saw one Manipuri friend of mine doing it) and add salt, chilies and onion.

(See I forgot to tell you that the chilies and onions are supposed to be fried in “Meetha teil”/Mustard oil ONLY) If you are one of those olive oil users, America is THAT way.

And now that you have mixed them all, enjoy the simple dish with your Rice and daal. And important tip – No leftovers. It looses its charm when its cold

Another add on – heard about those famous bamboo shoot pickles from Nongpoh (Meghalaya)????Well honey if you love it, add little bit of the pickle with the aloo. I love it that way