Aloor Dum
Spicy Potatoes - Bengal Style
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  Serves : 10

  Time : 50 minutes

   in Hawkins Contura Black 5L

 
Ingredients
1 medium (100 g) onion
5 g ginger
4 cloves
3 sticks (2 ½ cm each) cinnamon
2 cups water
1 ½ kg very small, even sized potatoes
1 ¾ tsp turmeric powder
2 cups mustard oil
2 bay leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 medium (100 g) onion (chopped)
1 large (150 g) tomato (chopped)
3 ½ tsp red chilli powder
2 ½ tsp cumin powder
1 ½ tsp coriander powder
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp ghee

Recipe
1. Grind onion and ginger into a paste.
2. Grind cloves and cinnamon into a powder.
3. Put 1 cup water and potatoes in cooker.
4. Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook 1 minute.
5. Remove cooker from heat. Lift vent weight to lightly release pressure.
6. Open cooker. Remove and peel potatoes. Sprinkle ¾ tsp turmeric powder on potatoes. Mix.
7. Group potatoes into 3 batches. Heat oil in a deep-frying pan for about 5 minutes. Fry each batch till golden brown and remove. Strain oil.
8. In a large pan, heat ¼ cup (strained) oil for about 2 minutes. Add bay leaves and cumin seeds. Stir for a few seconds. Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown. Add ground paste. Stir fry for about 2 minutes.
9. Add tomato, chilli, cumin and coriander powders, salt, sugar and remaining turmeric (1 tsp). Cook till oil shows separately (approximately 3 minutes), stirring occasionally.
10. Add potatoes. Stir gently to coat potatoes with masala. Add powdered spices and remaining water (1 cup). Stir. Reduce heat to low and simmer till potatoes are hot (approximately 5 minutes). Once during cooking, move potatoes around gently.
11. Pour ghee evenly over potatoes. Serve hot.



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