India x Britain
Chana masala jacket potatoes
Chaat energy in a jacket potato coat.
80 minTime
22 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original633kcalsame
22 gproteinsame
16 gfibresame
80minutessame
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
6 steps- 1Heat the oven to 220°C. Prick the potatoes, rub with 1 tsp oil and 1 tsp salt and bake on the oven rack 60 to 70 minutes.
- 2Heat the remaining oil on medium heat. Cook the onion 7 minutes, add the ginger garlic paste and chilli for 1 minute, then the tomato and chole masala for 6 minutes.
- 3Add the chickpeas, 120 ml water and 1/2 tsp salt. Simmer at a gentle simmer 10 minutes, crushing a few chickpeas. Stir in the amchur.
- 4Whisk the curd with the cucumber, mint, roasted cumin and a pinch of salt.
- 5Split the potatoes, fluff the insides with a fork and the butter, and sprinkle with cheddar.
- 6Spoon over the chana, then the raita, and finish with sev, pomegranate and coriander.
Serve it like this
Set the split potato in a shallow bowl, chana spilling out, a spoon of raita on top, then a tumble of sev, pomegranate and coriander for height.
