Jacket Potato

 A wholesome available veggie in a Bong kitchen is Aloo a.k.a Potato which is treated almost as a comfort food in bong cuisine. "Aloo bhate", "Aloo Chop", "Aloo Bhaja", "Mangshor Jhol er Aloo", "Aloo Posto" etc. are part of our common day to day meal. In fact in other Indian cuisine also Aloo / Potato has a prince like presence. Potato has its presence in international cuisines also and Jacket Potato is one of the internationally known Potato dish.  

As per Wikipedia

"A baked potato, or jacket potato, is the edible result of baking a potato. When well cooked, a baked potato has a fluffy interior and a crisp skin. It may be served with fillings and condiments such as butter, cheese or ham. Potatoes can be baked in a conventional gas or electric oven, a convection oven, a microwave oven, on a barbecue grill, or on/in an open fire. Some restaurants use special ovens designed specifically to cook large numbers of potatoes, then keep them warm and ready for service."

As far as the stuffing of the Potato is concerned, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian version is common and there are several types of filling options available. I am sharing one veggie version and one non-veggie version which I prefer to use (these are based on the ingredients available in India).

Jacket Potato

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Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 3 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

• Big Potatoes: 6-8
• Butter: 2 tbsp.

Topping -1

• Sweet Corn: ½ cup
• Onion: 2 chopped
• Bell Pepper Green, Red and Yellow: Julienned; ½ Cup
• Sour Cream: ½ Cup
• Mozzarella Cheese: 1 Cup
• Salt
• Pepper
• Dried Parsley

Topping -2

• Chicken: 250 g shredded
• All ingredients mentioned in “Topping -1”

Topping -3

• Cottage Cheese / Paneer: 250 g shredded
• *All ingredients mentioned in “Topping -1” *

Topping -4:

• Boneless Fish Preferably Bhetki or Tuna : 250g (shredded)
• Mayonnaise: ½ Cup
• English Mustard: ⅓ Cup
• Mozzarella Cheese: 1 Cup
• Salt
• Pepper
• Dried Parsley

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Instructions

• Sauté any of the topping option except mozzarella cheese and Sour Cream (Mayonnaise in case of topping -4) with 1 tbsp. butter till the ingredients soften (especially veggies or chicken or fish).
• Take the mixture out of the flame and mix with sour cream and/or mayonnaise.
• Wash Potatoes thoroughly without peeling the Skin.
• Pierce potatoes with the help of a fork and rub salt as well as little butter properly.
• Preheat the oven for 10 minutes and bake Potatoes in 180 degree C for 1.5- 2 hours and check the softness after the specified time by piercing with a fork.
• Take Potatoes out of the oven and cut into two equal halves (preferably lengthwise) and scoop out some flesh from the potatoes to make a hole.
• Stuff potatoes with any of the topping and cover with little salt and pepper as well as grated mozzarella cheese.
• Take a buttered dish and put potatoes on it and bake in 180 degree C for 30 minutes.
• Take Potatoes out of the oven and serve (and have them) hot!!!!