Republic Day 2018: As the holiday mood is on, no one wants to spend too much in the kitchen and miss out on the fun. Wondering what you could cook without much hassle and still win everyone's hearts at home? Try these three quick tricolour recipes.

This year, Republic Day falls on a Friday, and with the long weekend ahead, people are quite excited. Of course, some can’t wait to witness the valour and spirit of our armed forces in the grand parades on TV or live in New Delhi, but many others are also looking forward to celebrate some good time with friends and family. Be it watching patriotic films, going for a picnic or just playing the sport you love – without tasty food to add to the flavour – it would be incomplete.

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Ingredients

4 cups – Potato (boiled hard and cut into medium cubes)

1/2 cup – Cilantro (finely chopped)

1 tbsp – Ginger (thinly sliced)

1 tbsp – Green chilli (finely chopped)

2 tsp – Lemon juice

1/4 cup – Tomato (chopped)

1/4 cup – Onion (chopped)

3 tbsp – Refined oil

Salt – To taste

Method

- Mix all the spices together really well and set aside.

-Put a heavy, flat frying pan over medium-high heat. Add oil to warm the frying pan. Place the cubed potatoes on the frying pan and sprinkle the salt over the potatoes.

- Stir fry the potatoes; turn them occasionally until all sides are golden brown. This process should take eight to ten minutes.

- Turn off the heat and sprinkle ginger, cilantro, green chillies, lemon juice and about one and a half tablespoons of the spice mixture. Mix it well, making sure all the pieces of potatoes are coated.

-Taste one of the potatoes and add more spice mixture, according to your taste.

-Mould it into rounds, then demould it and garnish it with coriander, tomato and chopped onion on the top surface so that it looks like tricolor of the national flag.