Dum Aloo Recipe

Dum Aloo is a popular cuisine across all India. It tastes great and everyone in the family likes this vegetable. Here is how you can make Dum Aloo at your home.

Ingredients:

Potatoes: 400 gram
Ginger: one inch long piece
Tomatoes: 3 or 4 (medium sized)
Green Chillies: 2
Refined Oil: 2 table spoon
Cumin: 1/2 tea spoon
Turmeric powder: 1/2 tea spoon
Coriander powder: 1/2 tea spoon
Cream: 50 gram
Fresh Curd: 50 gram
Chilli powder: 1/4 tea spoon
Garam masala (curry powder: 1/4 tea spoon
Green coriander: one table spoon (finely chopped)
Salt: As per the taste

Method:

1. Boil potatoes. Do not forget to add 1/2 tea spoon salt. Peel the boiled potatoes and make hole into each of them using a fork.
2. Now put oil in a pan and fry the potatoes till they become light brown. Put the fried potatoes in a plate.
3. Mince tomatoes, green chillies, and ginger in a mixer.
4. Heat some oil in a pan and put cumin. Then add turmeric powder and coriander powder. Afterwards add tomato paste and cream. Mix all these ingredients well. Now add chilli powder and salt.
5. When spices are well cooked (when you see spices separating from the oil), put curd and saute until they started to boil.
6. Now add water and and let the gravy boil. Now mix garam masala and put potatoes. Cover the pan and cook the potatoes for 2 minutes. 
7. Dum aloo is ready. Garnish it with chopped coriander.

To make Dum Aloo in microwave, refer to this recipe.