Potato rice recipe | How to make alugadde ricebath | Aloo rice | Alu rice
By Latha on January 3rd, 2019
Potato rice or aloo rice recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This potato rice is very tasty, nutritious and one pot meal recipe. Potato rice or alu ricebath is prepared using rice, potato, onion, tomato, green chili, red chili powder, ginger, garlic, garam masala and few other spices.
I wish you all very happy new year. This is the first recipe of the year 2019. This is a very simple rice recipe and a perfect lunch box recipe. I have used used red chili powder and garam masala powder. You can also use any other spice powder of your choice like pav bhaji masala or kitchen king masala.
I have many potato recipes on this website like potato-onion sambar, potato mosaru bajji, potato palya and sagu, potato paratha, potato bonda, sun dried potato chips, regular potato chips, aloo gobi and aloo-carrot paratha recipes.
I have used kasuri methi or dried fenugreek leaves in this recipe, which you can replace it with fresh methi leaves.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style ricebath recipes, then do check my easy bisi bele bath, corn pulav, tomato bath, lemon rice, ghee rice, pongal, gorikayi rice bath, vangi bath, cabbage rice or cabbage bath, puliyogare and pudina pulao recipes.
Or if you are looking for more Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do visit our breakfast section.
I have made a video on this potato rice recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 3
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup rice (I used sona masuri)
- 2 medium sized potatoes
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp chopped ginger+garlic (or ginger garlic paste)
- 2 onions
- 1 - 2 green chilies
- Few curry leaves
- 2 tomatoes
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder (optional)
- Small handful of coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp mint leaves
- Small handful of methi leaves or 2 tbsp kasuri methi
- 1 tsp red chili powder (adjust as per your spice level)
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 2.5 cups water (depends on rice quality)
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making potato rice or aloo rice:
- Rinse the rice and soak it for 15 minutes.
- Peel and chop the potatoes. Also chop the leaves, tomatoes and onions.
- Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker. Add in mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Opyionally you can add dry spices of your choice.
- Wait until cumin seed splutters. Add in chopped ginger and garlic (or ginger garlic paste). Give a quick stir.
- Followed by add in chopped onions, slit green chilies and curry leaves.
- Fry until onions are soft. Or just fry them for 2 minutes under medium flame.
- Add in chopped tomatoes and turmeric powder. Fry tomatoes for a while.
- Add in peeled and chopped potatoes.
- Also add in chopped coriander leaves, methi leaves (or kasuri methi) and mint leaves. And give a quick mix.
- Add in red chili powder and garam masala. Saute for a minute. You can add any other spice powder of your choice.
- Add in soaked rice. Mix it well.
- Add in 2.5 cups of water (little more or less depending on rice quality).
- Add in salt.
- Add in lemon juice and mix it well.
- Close the lid and make 2 whistles.
- Once the pressure subsides, open the lid and mix gently. Serve it and enjoy.
Dear Reader,
I am Latha and I am very happy that you have visited our website. Lot of efforts have been put in creating each and every page on this website. If you like this recipe, kindly share it with your friends by clicking on the icons given below. Feel free to write to me at "kannadavegrecipes@gmail.com". Thank you so much and keep visiting!!