Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidadian and Tobagonian Aloo Pies (Spiced Mashed Potato Pie)
INGREDIENTS:
Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidadian and Tobagonian Aloo Pies (Spiced Mashed Potato Pie)
Aloo Pie: Aloo meaning Potato in Hindi, are simply flat elongated puffy fried pieces of dough, filled with a spicy (and often peppery) mashed potato filling. Trinidad favorite street food for breakfast, lunch or dinner
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cups water
4 medium potatoes
1 tsp ground geera (cumin)
1 tsp hot pepper sauce
1 1/2 tsp salt
black pepper, to taste
oil for frying
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix flour, baking powder, salt and water and knead lightly
Set aside to relax, covered with a bowl or wet cloth
Peel and boil potatoes in salt water until tender
Mash potatoes well
Season filling with salt, black pepper, hot pepper and ground
geera
Divide dough into 9 loyah (balls)
Flatten balls into 4″ circles and fill with potato
Wet one edge with water, fold over and seal, enclosing all potato
Flatten pie between hands as much as possible without breaking the seal (they’ll repuff when fried don’t worry!)
Fry in deep oil until golden brown
Drain on paper towels
