Dum Aloo is a very popular Dish. Today I prepared this for lunch . My Hubby Just Loved It a lot , He is a big fan of Paneer but when I prepared Dum Aloo and once he tasted, he said WOW ! You made such a delicious Dum Aloo. So It was quite change for him from the usual Paneer side dishes I make. It is Lip smacking side dish with Butter Naan or you can also have it with Matar Pulao.
Preparation Time: 5 Minutes
Cooking Time: 10 Minutes
| Ingredients | Quantity |
| Baby Potato | 6 |
| Onion | 1 |
| Cumin Seeds | 1 teaspoon |
| Cardamom Brown | 1 |
| Cardamom Green | 4 |
| Pepper Corn | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Cloves | 2 |
| Dry red Chilli | 4 |
| Nutmeg | a small pinch |
| Mace | a small pinch |
| Ginger | 1/2 inch piece |
| Garlic | 5 flakes |
| Yogurt | 150 gram |
| Tomato puree | 1 cup |
| Salt | to taste |
| Kasoori Methi | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Coriander powder | 1 teaspoon |
| Turmeric Powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Cashew | 10 |
Method :
1. Pressure cook potatoes for 2 whistles and peel the skin. Prick all over with a fork and cut into two piece . Heat a pan with oil , Deep fry the potatoes until golden brown. Drain and set aside.
2. Grind Ginger, Garlic , Onion ,cashew , Cardamom brown , pepper corn , Dry red chilli and cardamom green to a fairly smooth paste. Heat the oil in a Non stick pan and fry onions with Cumin seeds , cloves , Cinnamon stick , cardamom green and pepper corn until golden. Now add grind paste into Fried onions.
3. Then Add Coriander powder , Turmeric powder and Cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree, curd and salt. Mix well.
4. Then Cook 5 more minutes on medium flame . Cook till oil shows separately as shown below in picture . Now add deep fry potatoes into gravy.
5. Then add 1 cut hot water into gravy and cook for 2-3 minutes . Sprinkle the Dum Aloo with kasoori Methi and cook for few minutes. Serve Hot With Chapattis or Rice.
6. Enjoy !!
