Cookery Recipes Special
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Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:09:51 AM
Dum Aloo is a very popular recipe. It’s one of the popular north Indian recipes. It’s usually cooked under pressure so the potatoes get soaked in the gravy and so the name Dum in dum aloo. Dum Aloo, also known as Aloo Dum Pukht. Learn how to make Dum Aloo by following this easy recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kg Small Potatoes
- A pinch of Asfoetida
- 4-5 Bay Leaves
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 Medium size onion (grated)
- 2 cup Fine Curd
- 4 tbsp Ghee or oil
- 1/2 cup Milk
- Salt to taste
For Masala Ingredients:
- 2 Cardamoms
- 7-8 Black Peppers
- 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Caraway Seeds
- 4-5 Cloves
- 1 Small piece of Cinnamon
Method:
- Remove the peel from potatoes and prick them.
- Make a fine powder by combination of the ingredients of the masala in a blender. Keep it aside.
- Take oil in a frying pan and heat it for about one minute. Fry the potatoes on a medium heat until their color changes from white to light brown. Keep it aside.
- Add grated onion, asafoetida, bay leaves and ginger-garlic paste to the remaining oil.
- Fry the mixture till the paste turns reddish brown.
- Add the masala prepared and heat for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add turmeric, chilli powder and salt.
- Fry again for about a minute.
- Now pour the milk to make gravy followed by adding fine curd.
- Keep stirring continuously, add water if the gravy appears too thick.
- Now add pricked potatoes to this gravy and cook in a pressure cooker. Remove from the flame after 4 to 5 minutes just before the first whistle.
- Garnish it with fresh coriander leaves.
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