Alu Bharta facts for kids

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Alu Bharta

Bengali prepared mashed potatoes
Place of origin	Bangladesh ,  India
Main ingredients	potatoes, oil, onion, pepper, salt

Alu bharta (roughly translate to Mashed potatoes) are boiled soft potatoes, a kind of food made by mixing pepper, onion and oil. Which is usually eaten as a dish.

Ingredients

• Potatoes
• Onion
• Pepper
• Salt
• Mustard oil

Preparation method

First you have to boil the potatoes in a separate pot. Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. Now fry the onion and pepper in a frying pan in light oil. At this stage, the boiled potatoes should be crushed with the help of hands. Mix well with fried onion, pepper and mustard oil. Proper amount of salt should be given. Many also use boiled eggs, beans, eggplant, etc. with potatoes.

Also many use burnt pepper; It gives a different kind of taste and smell to the filling. Raw pepper powder is also used. Ghee is often used for variety and flavor.

Varieties

Adding different ingredients to alu bharta has made different varieties:

• Mashed potato
• Egg and alu bharta
• Beans and mashed potato

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