Aloo Matar

 

Ingredients.

3/4 cup vegetable oil.

2 medium onions, finely chopped.

1 tablespoon chili and garlic paste.

1 tablespoon ground ginger.

1 bay leaf.

4 potatoes, cut into small peices.

1 cup frozen peas and carrots.

½ cup tomato puree.

1 ½ teaspoons garam masala.

1 ½ teaspoons paprika.

1 teaspoon white sugar.

1 teaspoon salt. 

1 teaspoon chili powder.

2 tablespoons dried chopped cilantro.

Instructions 

Heat a skillet on medium and add oil. Mix in the onions, ginger powder, chili and garlic paste, and bay leaf. Saute until the onions are soft. Mix in the potatoes and peas and carrots. Cover and cook until the potatoes are tender, maybe 25-30 minutes. 

Stir the tomato puree, garam masala, cilantro, paprika, chili powder, sugar, and salt into the vegetable mixture. Continue cooking about 15 minutes.

Cheesy Potatoes with Bacon

 

Dutch Oven Cheesy Potatoes

 

Ingredients

8 Red Potatoes.

1 pack sliced bacon cut into smaller pieces.

1 lb. cheese, about half a small block. I used colby jack cut into thin slices.

1 large onion, sliced up.

Cup chicken broth.

some garlic powder.

some seasoning, I used McCormick bacon and chives.

Instructions

Start by slicing your potatoes into bite size cubes, cover with the seasoning. Chop the onion. Set aside.

Cut strips of bacon to 1-inch pieces. 

Heat the dutch oven. I did 15 coals on top and 15 under.

Fry the bacon and saute half onions and then take them out. Leave the grease in the bottom of the pot.

Place the potatoes in, then all the onions, and finally bacon and half the cheese.

Cover the dutch oven and cook for about an hour, or until the potatoes are soft. I did this in evening 20 degree weather with lots of snow, took closer to two hours.

Stir frequently.

When potatoes are almost ready, cover with rest of the cheese.

When cheese is all melted in and potatoes are soft, its ready.