Delhi Street Style Aloo Chola Subzi is a popular Delhi Street food recipe eaten for Breakfast with poori or bedmi puri. ‘Aloo’ in English means ‘Potato’ and ‘Chola’ means ‘Chickpeas’. Potato is such a versatile vegetable that it is cooked and loved by everyone in the world.
In India there are hundreds of versions of potato curry, every state, region, family has a special style of making them. My husband absolutely loves potato (he will not agree to it though). Whenever I make anything of potato, he devours the whole dish with pleasure. This spicy and watery dish is the specialty of Delhi and I have lots of childhood memories associated to eating this with poori or bedmi while growing up.
I remember growing up going out for breakfast on the weekends and most people will sit in their cars and order food from the servers who will come up to the window or you would sit on rickety small tables and stools to devour the food alongside a large glass of Lassi. Just thinking about it is making me happy, hungry and nostalgic. This is one of those recipes which you would find in small but popular eateries in Delhi and then doesn’t have a huge social media presence but extremely popular amongst the locals.
Traditionally, Aloo and chola are cooked separately and then while serving the vendor would serve aloo ki subzi topped with chola alongside pickle and poori/bedmi. Usually, the proportion of Aloo and chola is 2:1. While making it at home, I cook them separately and then mix them together for ease and also, I feel the taste improves.
I do strongly recommend you try this recipe, and I am sure you will fall in love with the flavours and taste. I love having these subzi with poori/bedmi but it goes well with rice or any Indian bread too.
Other recipes you might like to try are Dubki Wale Aloo /Potato Curry/Kachori Wale Sabji, Khasta Moong Dal Kachori, Amritsari Chola, Amritsari Kulcha, Dal Poori, and Palak Poori.
