Gunpowder Potatoes is a delicious and simple recipe of crispy potatoes tossed in a spicy masala mix. Parboiled potatoes are roasted in oven and tossed in a delicious spice mix.
Gunpowder also called as Milagai Podi or Malaga Podi or Idli podi or Chutney Podi is a popular spicy South Indian spice mix. It is called ‘gunpowder’ due to the amount of the red chillies used to make this. Gunpowder is a spicy versatile spice which creates an explosion of flavours.
Gunpowder Potatoes is an accolade to this spice mix. My husband loves potatoes and also spicy food. His all time favourite Indian chaat is ‘Aloo Chaat’. I have combined his love of aloo chaat with the flavours of gunpowder in this recipe.
Other potato recipes you might like to try are Nepali Aloo Sadeko, Aloo Raita, Aloo Bread Rolls, Dhaba Style Aloo Palak Gravy, Dubki Wale Aloo and Kashmiri Dum Aloo to name a few.
