Sheem Aloo Bhaja Recipe (Potato Board-Beans Stir Fry)
Madhushree Dutta
Recipe to make tasty Sheem Aloo Bhaja easily. Simple ingredients, instructions, and equipment to prepare Bengali-style Potato Board-Beans Stir fry at home.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
1 Induction Cooktop
1 Kadhai
- 6-8 Sheem or Broad Beans; medium
- 2 Potatoes medium to large
- 3 Green Chilis or according to heat tolerance
- 2 Garlic cloves optional
- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
- ½ tsp Cumin powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp coriander leaves chopped
- Mustard oil
Prepare the Potatoes
First, wash the potatoes.
Next, peel the potatoes and cut them once from the middle, and then cut them like French fries. The pieces will be a bit thinner than French fries.
Put in water and wash them again to get rid of the excess starch.
Prepare the Sheem (Broad Beans)
Heat some oil
Now, take a kadhai or a skillet and add some mustard oil.
Let the oil heat until it starts to smoke. Keep the flame on low.
Add in the garlic and stir until it starts to turn golden brown. (you can skip this step if you are not using garlic).
Fry the potatoes
Next, add the potatoes. Give it a good stir and cover it for 5 minutes.
In the meantime slit the green chilis from the middle.
Add the green chilis to the kadhai and stir. Cover again.
After around 4-5 minutes remove the lid and add salt. Combine everything nicely.
Check-in between to see if the potatoes are half-cooked.
Add the Sheem
Next, add the broad beans/Sheem into the kadhai.
Stir all the components consistently. Let them cook for a few minutes.
Add the turmeric powder and red cumin powder.
Stir again.
Combine from all the sides to coat the veggies with the spices.
Give a taste test and also check if the veggies are tender and cooked to perfection.
Garnish
If you are satisfied, then add the chopped coriander and turn off the flame.
Stir everything well and transfer it onto a plate.