How to Make Aloo Sandheko

Learn how to make Aloo Sandheko with this recipe that’s the tastiest Nepali potato salad recipe I’ve learnt from my Nepali friends – It’s easy to make and full of flavours!

What is Aloo Sandheko?

Aloo Sandheko is a tasty Nepali potato salad.

In Nepali, ‘aloo’ means ‘potato’ and ‘sandheko’ means being ‘marinated’. If you see ‘sandheko’ for any Nepali dish, it means that it is marinated in spices and herbs.

Aloo Sandheko is a popular dish and very easy to make. It is perfect as a side dish or as a light dinner. If you are looking for something quick to make that also tastes great, you should try out this Aloo Sandheko recipe!

So, here is how to make the best aloo sandheko!

Ingredients You’ll Need

Here is what you will need to make the tastiest Aloo Sandheko:

• 1 kg potatoes
• 2 pieces red onions
• 300 gram tomatoes
• 2-3 pinches salt (to taste)
• 3 pinches fenugreek seeds
• 2 tbsp mustard oil
• 2 tbsp garlic and ginger paste
• 1 tbsp coriander (chopped)
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp tumeric powder

How to Make Aloo Sandheko

Step 1. Boil the potatoes. Firstly, peel and chop the potatoes into small pieces. After you chop the potatoes into small pieces, then, boil the potatoes. It usually takes about 10-15 minutes to boil the potatoes.

Step 2. Chop the onions and tomatoes into small pieces. While you are boiling the potatoes, you can chop the onions and tomatoes.

Step 3. Mix together the vegetables and spices. Get a big bowl and mix together the vegetables and spices: potatoes, onions, tomatoes, coriander, garlic and ginger paste, lemon juice, cumin powder, salt and chilli powder.

In this step, you will have to add almost all the ingredients expect for the mustard oil, fenugreek seeds and tumeric powder.

Step 4. In a pan heat the mustard oil in a pan and add the fenugreek seeds. Fry the fenugreek seeds until they turn brown.

Step 5. Add: turmeric powder into the pan once the fenugreek seeds turn brown. Stir for a few seconds and then pour the oil and seeds into the potato mix. Mix well together and the aloo sandheko is ready.

How to Store Aloo Sandheko?

The best way to store Aloo Sandheko is in an airtight container up to 3 days in the fridge. It is a salad so it is best to eat fresh.

Can You Freeze Aloo Sandheko?

It is better not to freeze Aloo Sandheko as it is best to eat when fresh. It does not taste so good after freezing so just make as much as you can eat within 3 days of cooking.

Aloo Sandheko Recipe

Cooking Classes in Kathmandu

Want to learn how to make Nepali dishes in Kathmandu? There are many cooking schools in Kathmandu where you can learn some of the traditional Nepali dishes. Here I have collected some of the best rated cooking classes:

1. Cooking Class with Esther

• Price: USD 25
• Duration: 3 hours
• Dishes: Momo, dal bhat, thupka
• Sign Up: AirBnB Experience

This is the cooking class I did and so I can personally recommend this one. I even got my brother to take a cooking class here when he came to visit me and he really loved it.

Esther is really cool and easy going and apart from teaching you how to cook Nepali dishes, she also explains a lot about Nepali culture.

The cooking classes take place in Patan near the Patan Durbar Square, so if you sign up for a morning cooking session, you have the rest of the day to explore Patan. At the end of the cooking class, you get to eat as much food as you can and the recipes are also sent to you.

2. Nepal Cooking School

• Dishes: momo, dal bhat, curry
• Sign Up: Nepal Cooking School

The Nepali Cooking School is located in Paknajol (right next to Thamel) and you can choose between 3 different menus of what you’d like to cook.

3. Sasane Sisterhood Trekking and Travel

• Price: USD 50
• Duration: 2.5 hours
• When: every day at 12 pm or at the requested time
• Dishes: Momo
• Sign Up: Sasane Sisterhood Trekking and Travel

Do you want to learn to make momos and also support survivors of human trafficking? The cooking classes at Sasane was set up in 2016 and the proceedings go to combating human trafficking and empowering vulnerable women in Nepal.

FAQs: Aloo Sandheko Recipe

What is potato called in Nepali?

‘Potato’ is called ‘aloo’ in Nepali.

What is Aloo Sandheko in English?

‘Aloo’ means ‘potato’ and ‘sandheko’ means ‘marinated’, so aloo sandekho means potatoes marinated in spices and herbs.

What is Mustang Aloo?

Mustang Aloo is spicy, fried potatoes. It is spicy as it is made with chillies, pepper, garlic ginger and fenugreek seeds.

What does sadheko mean?

‘Sandheko’ means ‘marinated’. In Nepali dishes, sandheko usually means the dish is marinated in spices and herbs.

What is the difference between potato and aloo?

Potato and aloo is the same. ‘Aloo’ means ‘potato’ in English

How long to boil potatoes?

It takes around 10-15 minutes to boil potatoes if they chopped into small cubes. If you are boiling whole potatoes then it takes around 20-30 minutes.

What is Nepal’s most popular food?

The most popular Nepali dish is the dal bhat. ‘Dal’ means ‘lentils’ and ‘bhat’ means rice. The dal bhat is typically made of rice, vegetable curry, meat and lentil soup.

Conclusion

Aloo Sandheko is a tasty Nepali potato salad. The Aloo Sandheko is quick to make and you can prepare it in about 45 minutes.

In Nepali, ‘aloo’ means ‘potato’ and ‘sandheko’ means being ‘marinated’. If you see ‘sandheko’ for any Nepali dish, it means that it is marinated in spices and herbs.

Aloo Sandheko is a popular dish and very easy to make. It is perfect as a side dish or as a light dinner. If you are looking for something quick to make that also tastes great, you should try out this Aloo Sandheko recipe!