Today we are going to prepare easy, delicious, creamy & flavorful Dum Aloo.
Dum aloo is one of the classic Indian dishes served in a special meals like weddings, celebrations or festivals. Dum translates to steam cooked & aloo to potatoes. So Dum Aloo translates to potatoes that are steam cooked. It goes well with chapatis, roti or even with rice.
Health benefits of baby potatoes
- Packed with nutrients
- Contain anti oxidant's
- May improve blood sugar control
- May improve digestive health
- Naturally gluten free
- Extremely versatile
- Incredibly filling
- Baby potatoes
- Onions 2 medium sized
- Tomatoes 2 medium sized
- Oil 2 to 3 tbsp
- Cloves 2
- Green chilies 2
- Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
- Salt as per taste
- Water 3.5 cups for boiling
- Red chili powder 1 tbsp
- 1 cup thick plain yogurt(curd)
- Coriander leaves (optional)
- Bay leaf 1
- Garam masala 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder 1 tsp
- Green cardamom 2
- Coriander powder 1 tsp
- Wash and peel baby potatoes.
- Take 3.5 cups water add 1 tbsp salt, steam the potatoes untill they are 70% cooked.
- Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a non-stick pan. Add the potatoes and shallow fry them on a medium high flame until golden.
- Remove them to a plate.
- Cut the potatoes to equal sized or prick each aloo with a fork 3 times so that it absorbs flavor's of the gravy.
- Blend the onions and green chilies, make paste, keep aside.
- Blend the tomatoes and cashew nuts (optional), keep aside.
- Heat oil in pan add 1 bay leaf, cloves, ginger garlic paste &fry until the raw smell goes away.
- Add the onion paste and sauté until the raw smell goes away
- Add tomato paste and sauté also add chili powder, salt, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder.
- Saute until the masala becomes thick, smells good and aromatic.
- Meanwhile whisk yogurt and keep aside.
- Add potatoes to the masala and mix well.
- Now add whisked yogurt mix it well and add water a little.
- Cover with a tight lid. Dum cook on a low heat for 5 to 7 mins.
- Add salt if needed and sprinkle coriander leaves (optional) add curd a little.
- Transfer Dum Aloo to serving bowl.
- Serve it hot with Roti, Chapathi, Butter naan or even with plain rice.
