Radish Seed Pods Potato Stir Fry | Mogri Aloo Sabzi

Radish Seed Pods Potato Stir Fry | Mogri Aloo Sabzi | Sengre Aloo Dry Sabzi : Each year the season gets colorful in my garden because of the radish flowers (refer picture below). The first thing I sow in my garden after the frost is probably the radish seeds (this year my neighbor shared those seeds) and so the first bloom is none other than these radish flowers. They are pretty blooms in white and purple colors, I guess

both are two different varieties. I decorate dessert with these flowers as well. I sow seeds after the last frost thinking that I get more radishes in spring. But what I usually get are very tiny radishes and sometimes nothing in the root but in turn it gives enormous radish seed pods (refer picture below) that way it wont disappoint me. I use the pods almost a month by keeping them in the refrigerator and not in freezer. Yes I have given “Storing Tips” at the end of this same post.

Radish seed pods has different names like mogri , mongre , mungre, mooli pods , moongre , mooli ki phali , sengri etc. Also I use Radish Leaves to make Chutney and Variety Rice.

How to make as No Onion No Garlic Recipe?

Somedays I make this dish with onions and garlic and sometimes not. Refer the video tutorial at minutes to check the no onion and no garlic version. So do skip those two ingredients in the below list and do prepare accordingly.

How to Clean and Cut Radish Pods

• Choose tender pods for this recipe (Pic 1).
• Once picked from the garden (Pic 2& 3), take necessary pods and store remaining for later use.
• Rinse the whole radish pods before trimming the edges (Pic 4).
• If they are tender, slice it in to halve vertically (Pic 5 & 6), used this style cutting for Instant Pot version.
• If not it takes long time to cook, so chop in to tiny pieces (refer step by step picture below in the “Preparation” subheading).
• Otherwise slit matured pods into halve and cook in pressure cooker for few minutes, refer video @4:18minutes, I did so for Mogre Aloo Sabzi ie another curry recipe.

Radish Seed Pods Potato Stir Fry Ingredients

Ingredients
Sengri/ Radish Pods – 1.25 Cups
Chopped Potato/ Aloo (remove starch optional) – 1.25 Cups
Onion – 1/3 Cup chopped
Garlic – 4-5 Cloves Crushed
Tomato – 1/3 Cup chopped
Red Capsicum – 1/2 Cup (optional)
Cumin Seeds/ Jeera – 1/2tsp
Kasturi Methi/ Dried Fenugreek Leaves – 1/2tsp
Mango Powder/ Amchoor – 1/2tsp
Coriander Powder / Dhaniya – 1tsp
Red Chili Powder/ Laal Mirch – 1/2tsp
Oil – 1.5 Tbsp
Pink Salt / Namak – To Taste

Radish Seed Pods Potato Stir Fry

Stove Top Preparation

• Soak potatoes for 20 minutes and rinse several times to clean the mud.
• Choose tender radish seed pods , wash, drain the water and trim the ends first.
• You can either chop into tiny pieces or slit vertically in to halve (refer “How to clean and cut” subheading above), keep aside.
• Crush the garlic cloves in mortar pestle (Pic 1) and keep it ready.
• Chop onion, capsicum and tomato (Pic 2), keep ready with other ingredients (pic 3).
• Peel potato and chop into very thin pieces (Pic 2), can store in water until use, by this way you can remove excess starch.

• Heat oil in a cast iron or heavy bottom pan.
• Add cumin seeds, kasturi methi (dried fenugreek leaves) and when seeds start to crackle add crushed garlic.
• Roast the garlic until golden brown (Pic 4).
• Now add chopped onion and capsicum (pic 5), saute until onion becomes translucent.
• Later add chopped tomatoes (pic 6) and salt.
• In few minutes tomatoes leave water, do add radish pods (pic 7), cover and cook for 5-8 minutes or until 75% cooked.
• Add chopped and starch removed (optional) potatoes (pic 8) and continue sautéing (pic 9).
• Cover the pan with a lid (pic 10) and let it cook on low heat.

• Stir 2-3 times in between and cook till the potatoes are almost done.
• Later add other spices, optional turmeric powder, stir now and then until moisture evaporates.
• Finally after switching off the flame , do crush some kasturi methi (pic 11) and garnish the dish (pic 12), serve hot.

Video Tutorial

Mogri Aloo Sabzi Instant Pot

• Clean and chop the veggies also do keep the ingredients ready for Mogri aloo sabzi (pic 1).
• You can refer “How to clean and cut” radish seed pods subheading above.
• Chop potatoes into very thin pieces and do store in water till use, by this way you can remove starch (optional).
• Insert instant pot inner pot , set sauté mode “Normal” , Pic 1.
• Add oil when its hot, splutter cumin seeds and crushed garlic.

• Once garlic is roasted add chopped onion (pic 2) and radish pods (pic 3).
• Change the saute mode to “Low” and let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Can add chopped red capsicum along with onion.
• Once done add spices, kasturi methi, salt (Pic 4) and give a nice stir (pic 5).
• Change saute mode to “Normal” and add chopped tomatoes (pic 6) to it.
• Tomatoes turn mushy and leaves water do add chopped potatoes.
• Stir well so that spices coats well with veggies (Pic 7), Cover the lid (Pic 8) and cook for couple of minutes.
• Do sprinkle water if necessary and when potatoes are tender do cancel the Instant Pot.

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Storing Tips

I am sharing some tips, how I store the radish pods to use it later within a month.

• Don’t wash the radish seed pods, if there is any excess moisture do dry using damp cloth.
• Pierce holes in the ziplock bag you store with wooden skewer like shown in the video tutorial.
• Add the fresh radish pods in the prepared bags.
• Keep in the refrigerator and not in the freezer.
• Whenever necessary do take it out and immediately store the remaining back in the refrigerator.