Needham Community Education

Potatoes rank fourth after rice, wheat, and corn as the most cultivated crop worldwide. This is partly due to its versatility and affordability. Potatoes can adapt to all kinds of spice blends and take on a taste of their own. In Indian cuisine, potatoes appear everywhere from base for soups, to snacks, to very eloquent curries. This class will explore the simple and exotic dishes that will tickle your taste buds. We will make Aloo Chaat, a medley of sautéed potatoes, smeared with chopped onions, chickpeas, cilantro and drizzled with thinned and spiced yogurt and sweet and sour date chutney. Next, we will make the number one street food called Pav Vada, a vegetarian version of a burger, served between a bread bun, with garlic spread, and sweet and sour date chutney. We will end with Potato Pulao–Basmati rice cooked with spiced potatoes. This is a celebration of a very humble vegetable. A $20 ingredients fee is payable to the instructor in class. Limited to 12.