Dum Aloo Recipe โ เคฆเคฎ เคเคฒเฅ: is one of North Indiaโs famous dishes. It is made by cooking potatoes in a creamy curd-based spice masala. I just love its texture and creamy taste, which comes from the curd.
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Dum Aloo
Course: Dinner, Lunch, MainCuisine: Indian3
servings15
minutes45
minutes164
kcal1
hourThis Dum Aloo is made up by cooking a potato in curd spices masala mix. Can have as main course meal with roti.
Ingredients
Potatoes (เคเคฒเฅ)ย –ย 15 small
Onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค)ย –ย 1 large
Ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค)ย –ย 1 inch
Garlic (เคฒเคนเคธเฅเคจ)ย –ย 4-5 cloves
Coriander (เคนเคฐเคพ เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) Leavesย –ย 2 tbsp.
Asafoetida(เคนเฅเคเค)ย –ย 1 pinch
Red Chilli(เคฒเคพเคฒ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค) Powderย –ย 1 tsp.
Turmeric(เคนเคฒเฅเคฆเฅ) Powderย –ย 1/4 tsp.
Coriander(เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) Seedsย –ย 1 tbsp.
Cumin (เคเฅเคฐเคพ) Seedsย –ย 1/2 tsp.
Green Cardamom (เคนเคฐเฅ เคเคฒเคพเคฏเคเฅ)ย –ย 1 pod (เคซเคฒเฅ)
Cinnamon(เคฆเคพเคฒเคเฅเคจเฅ)ย –ย 1 small
Dried Fenugreek Leaves (เคเคธเฅเคฐเฅเคฎเฅเคฅเฅ)ย –ย 1/2 tbsp.
Cloves(เคฒเฅเคเค)ย –ย 1
Sugar (เคเฅเคจเฅ)ย –ย 1 tsp.
Cashew Nuts (เคเคพเคเฅ)ย –ย 8-10
Thick Curd (เคฆเคนเฅ)ย –ย 3/4 cup
Oil (เคคเฅเคฒ)ย –ย 5 tbsp.
Water (เคชเคพเคจเฅ)ย –ย 3/4 cup
Salt (เคจเคฎเค) as per taste.
Directions
- Make a paste of ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค) and garlic (เคฒเคนเคธเฅเคจ). Chop onions (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค) and coriander (เคนเคฐเคพ เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) leaves. Keep aside.
- Boil potatoes (เคเคฒเฅ) in salted water. Drain water, peel and prick them with a fork.
- In a pan heat 2 tbsp. oil, add potatoes (เคเคฒเฅ) and shallow fry them over medium heat until they turn light brown. Drain excess oil and place in a plate.
- In a pan roast coriander (เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) seeds, cumin (เคเฅเคฐเคพ) seeds, green cardamom (เคนเคฐเฅ เคเคฒเคพเคฏเคเฅ) pod, cinnamon (เคฆเคพเคฒเคเฅเคจเฅ), cloves (เคฒเฅเคเค) and cashew nuts (เคเคพเคเฅ) on a medium heat until aromatised. Now let them cool and grind all of them in a grinder to a semi fine powder. Keep aside.
- Heat 3 tbsp. oil in a deep sauce pan; add a pinch of Asafoetida (เคนเฅเคเค) and sautรฉ for 8-10 seconds. Then add Bay leaf (เคคเฅเค เคชเคคเฅเคคเคพ) and chopped onions (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค), sautรฉ till onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค) translucent. Add ginger-garlic (เค เคฆเคฐเค-เคฒเคนเคธเฅเคจ) paste and sautรฉ till raw aroma goes away.
- Add masala powder which we make above. Sautรฉ for a minute.
- Beat curd (เคฆเคนเฅ) and slowly add it into the pan. Add turmeric (เคนเคฒเฅเคฆเฅ) powder and red chili (เคฒเคพเคฒ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค) powder and mix well. Sautรฉ till oil separates from sides.
- Add shallow fried potatoes (เคเคฒเฅ), dried fenugreek leaves (เคเคธเฅเคฐเฅ เคฎเฅเคฅเฅ), Sugar (เคเฅเคจเฅ) and salt as per taste, cook on low heat for 2 minutes.
- Add water and bring it to boil.
- Garnish with chopped coriander (เคนเคฐเคพ เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) leaves and serve hot with naan or chapattis.
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