Dum Aloo
Ingredients:
- Small Potatoes : ½ Kg
- Bay Leaves : 4-5
- Milk : ½ cup
- Turmeric Powder : ½ tsp
- Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
- Ghee or oil : 4 tbsp
- Chili powder : 1 tsp
- Onion : 1, Medium size, grated
- A pinch of Asafetida
- Fine Curd : 2 cup
- Salt to taste
For Masala:
- Cardamoms : 2
- Cinnamon : 1 small piece
- Coriander Seeds : 1 tbsp
- Black Peppers : 7-8
- Caraway Seeds : ¼ tsp
- Cloves : 4-5
Method:
- Blend ingredients together to make fine paste. Keep it aside.
- Prick the potatoes after removing the peel.
- Heat the oil in a pan for one minute.
- Fry the potatoes on low to medium heat until color turns to light brown. Keep it aside.
- Add bay leaves, grated onion, ginger-garlic paste, and asafetida to the remaining oil.
- Fry it until you get reddish brown mixture.
- Add masala now.
- Heat mixture for 3-4 minutes.
- Now add salt, turmeric, and chili powder.
- Fry it again for about one minute.
- To make gray, add milk now.
- Add fine curd to above.
- Keep stirring, add additional water if gravy is too thick.
- Add potatoes (pricked) to the gravy, and use a pressure cooker to cook this.
- Remove cooker from heat just before first whistle.
- Use coriander leaves for garnishing.
- You delicious Dum Aloo is ready.
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