Aloo dum
Aloo dum recipe in the indian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 10 small potatoes
- 3 medium sized onions
- 2 to 3 tablespoons shredded coconut
- A small piece of ginger
- 4 to 5 green chilles
- 2 to 3 cardammom pods
- 1/2 cup yoghurt
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 2 1/2 teaspoons dhania, coriander, powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying the potatoes
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil or ghee (clarified butter)
Recipe method:
- Boil the potatoes. Peel them and prick the potatoes with a fork.
- Fry the potatoes in hot oil till they turn slightly brown.
- Drain and set aside.
- Heat oil in a shallow pan and fry the onions to light brown.
- Grind the coconut, poppy seeds, cardamon, ginger and green chillies to a paste.
- Add the paste to the onions. Fry till the oil seperates.
- Add chilli powder,cumin powder and dhania powder and stir for 5 minutes.
- Add the yoghurt , salt and the fried potatoes.
- Add enough water to cover the potatoes and simmer till the gravy is thick for about 10 minutes.
- Now add the garam masala powder and mix well.
- Garnish with the chopped coriander leaves.
- Eat with chapathi/nan.