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Aloo Gosht
Pakistani lamb and potato curry in a rich onion and tomato sauce — a weeknight staple of every Pakistani home.
⏱ 95 min🔥 480 kcalEasy
★4.8(821)
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Pakistani Potatoes Recipes
6 recipes using potatoes — Biryani, nihari, haleem, karahi — bold-spiced cuisine from the Indus plains and the Mughal kitchens.
These 6 pakistani potatoes recipes are ready in about 68 minutes on average, with 220–511 kcal per serving, and 17% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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68 min
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406 kcal
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How Pakistani cuisine cooks with potatoes
Pakistani cuisine — Biryani, nihari, haleem, karahi — bold-spiced cuisine from the Indus plains and the Mughal kitchens — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Pakistani cooks work with potatoes, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, frying, braising and baking.
The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, garam masala, fine sea salt, cilantro, turmeric and onion. The dishes here span pakistani classics ready in as little as 51 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Aloo Gosht is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.8★ from 821 ratings.
6 Pakistani Potatoes Recipes
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Aloo Gosht
Tender chunks of lamb and potatoes braised in a tomato-onion masala — Pakistan's everyday Sunday lunch.
⏱ 90 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.7(524)
✨ Newdinner
Balochi Smoky Tomato Traybake
Balochi Smoky Tomato Traybake turns pakistani pantry flavors into a complete traybake with sweet potatoes, garam masala, ginger, garlic and green chiles, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 51 min🔥 506 kcalHard
★4.5(9,176)
✨ Newdinner
Pakistani Homestyle Smoky Tomato Traybake
Pakistani Homestyle Smoky Tomato Traybake brings pakistani flavor to a practical traybake built with sweet potatoes, garam masala, ginger, garlic and green chiles, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 55 min🔥 511 kcalHard
★4.5(8,784)
✨ Newdinner
Pakistani Stuffed Bell Peppers (Bharwan Shimla Mirch)
Bell peppers stuffed with a warmly spiced potato and pea filling, baked until tender — a vegetarian favorite from Pakistani home kitchens.
⏱ 60 min🔥 220 kcalMedium
★4.3(31)
✨ Newdinner
Pakistani Stuffed Bell Peppers (Bharwan Shimla Mirch)
Bell peppers filled with spiced potatoes and peas, baked until the peppers soften and the filling turns golden.
⏱ 55 min🔥 240 kcalMedium
★4.4(41)
Choosing & preparing potatoes
How to choose
Match the type to the dish: floury/starchy potatoes (Maris Piper, russet) for fluffy mash and crisp roasts; waxy ones for salads and gratins that need to hold their shape. Avoid green or sprouting tubers.
Prep & storage
Store cool and dark, never in the fridge. Parboiling then roughing up the edges gives the crunchiest roast potatoes; soaking cut chips removes surface starch for crisper frying.
Nutrition
A filling source of potassium, vitamin C and resistant starch — most of the fibre and nutrients sit just under the skin.
Classic flavour partners: butter, rosemary, garlic, cheese, chives, black pepper
Pakistani Potatoes Recipes — FAQ
How long do Pakistani potatoes recipes take to make?
Most of these 6 Pakistani potatoes recipes are ready in around 68 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Balochi Smoky Tomato Traybake, takes about 51 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 95 minutes.
How many calories are in Pakistani potatoes dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 220 to 511 kcal per serving, averaging 406 kcal — Pakistani Stuffed Bell Peppers (Bharwan Shimla Mirch) is the lightest option at 220 kcal.
What is the easiest Pakistani potatoes recipe for beginners?
Aloo Gosht is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 95 minutes. 17% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with potatoes in Pakistani cooking?
In these recipes, potatoes is most often paired with garlic, garam masala, fine sea salt, cilantro, turmeric and onion. Pakistani kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.
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