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Bombay potato

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Bombay potato, also called Bombay potatoes or aloo Bombay, is an Indian dish of cubed potatoes that are parboiled, then fried and seasoned with spices including cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper. Some recipes add onion, tomatoes or tomato sauce, and the dish is served as either a main course or a side dish. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Main Course 1
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In Cuisine

Indian Cuisine, Cuisines
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Uses Ingredient

Cumin, Ingredients
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Garam Masala, Ingredients
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Garlic, Ingredients
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Potato, Ingredients
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Salt, Ingredients
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Turmeric, Ingredients
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In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: India, originated there.
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1. Bombay potato (Wikidata)
P31 (instance of): Main course
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Bombay potato (Wikipedia)
  • Uses Ingredient: Potato, infobox main_ingredient field
    Potato, cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper
  • Uses Ingredient: Cumin, infobox main_ingredient field
    Potato, cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper
  • Uses Ingredient: Garlic, infobox main_ingredient field
    Potato, cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper
  • Uses Ingredient: Garam Masala, infobox main_ingredient field
    Potato, cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper
  • Uses Ingredient: Turmeric, infobox main_ingredient field
    Potato, cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper
  • Uses Ingredient: Salt, infobox main_ingredient field
    Potato, cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper
  • In Cuisine: Indian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Bombay potato (sometimes called Bombay potatoes, Bombay aloo or aloo (alu) Bombay) is an Indian dish prepared using potatoes that are cubed, parboiled and then fried and seasoned with various spices such as cumin, curry, garlic, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, chili powder, salt and pepper.
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