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Aloo Dum
I have vivid memories of going to Kolkata for my summer vacations to our ancestral home every year. One of the highlights of the trip used to be 2-3 days of morning breakfast at Kala’r Dokan or Kaala’s breakfast cu, Tea shop.
There is where I have had the tastiest Aloo Dum ever, their version was simple and tasty. The cook and owner Kala uncle never used to add Cream, Curd, nuts or anything exotic in there but his dish used to be fantabulous. I used to borrow bucks from my dad and used to go there to enjoy this delicacy, well Kala is no more and neither does the Aloo Dum exists there anymore.
The dish is nothing more than potatoes , ideally deep fried and immersed in a spicy sauce . I boil it rather than deep frying it for obvious healthy reasons though.
I try to replicate the taste from my childhood in my version of the Dum Aloo. Do take it for granted that this will be a success, every time I have made it for my guests, they have just loved it. So you should definitely try this one, it’s a easy one to make and yes you can skip the nuts and raisins and it still works wonders.
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Cuisine – Indian
Keywords- Potato, Dum Aloo, Sauce , Tasty, Cooking, Recipe
Prep: 10 mins.
Cooking: 25-30 mins
Ingredients:
5 Potatoes – Cut into medium pieces. (Use small round ones if available – Use 10 of them)
1 whole onion cut into small pieces.
3 Bay leaves.
1 Inch of Ginger – grated fine.
4 Garlic pods – chopped fine.
1 chili cut into small .
1 Spoon of Shan Nihari Masala (Optional)
1.5 tomatoes diced into small pieces.
Salt
Raisins – 10-12
Almonds – 8-10
1 Spoon of Sugar.
Some Coriander leaves.
2 spoons of dried fenugreek leaves.
Powdered Spices –
½ Spoon of Turmeric Powder.
½ Spoon of Dry Mango Powder.
1.25 Spoon of Kashmiri Chili powder (Cayenne or red chili will do too)
1 Spoon of Coriander powder
1.5 Spoon of Garam masala or All Spice powder.
Ground Spices –
½ Spoon of Fennel Seeds.
1 Spoon of Shah Jeera (Bunium Persicum)
1 cinnamon stick.
1 Spoon of Pepper powder.
4 cloves.
2 cardamom pods.
2 Big/Black cardamom pods.
1 Spoon of Cumin Powder.
RECIPE:
1. Add the potatoes in a Pressure Cooker , punch some holes in the potatoes and cook them for one whistle. Take out the pressure immediately to prevent the potato in becoming mushy. You can also boil them in a Pan so that you can keep checking its state.
2. Boil some Raisins and Almonds on the side, you can also use the microwave for this. It helps softening up those two components before you add them to the dish.
3. Take a Pan and heat some Oil.
4. When the oil is hot, add the ground spices into it and Sauté for a minute.
5. Add the onions and bay leaves and sauté until the color of the Onion turns golden brown.
6. Add Ginger, Garlic and Chili and sauté for 3 more minutes. Keep doing it , you should get some beautiful smell of spices at this point, this is when you know you are ready for the next step.
7. Add the powdered spices and keep stirring and sautéing the mix until you see the oil starts coming out of the mix.
8. Optional Step – 1 Spoon of Shan Nihari Masala – Add if you have it, helps with the taste immensely.
9. Add the tomatoes and saute them until they looked cooked. (5 more minutes)
10. Add Salt to taste.
11. Add the raisins and almonds from Step 2.
12. Add some water, 1 spoon of Sugar and cook for 3 more minutes.
13. Now add the potatoes, start mixing the masala with the potatoes. Use gentle hands as the potatoes are tender and soft.
14. Add 1.2 cup of water and let it cook for 5-7 more minutes so that water dries up.
15. Add the coriander leaves.
16. Crush the fenugreek leaves and add it to the dish. Close the lid and switch off the stove.
17. Your dish is ready.
Serve hot with Roti ,Paratha, Bread, Poori or Rice. This works well with all of these .
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