Authentic Dum Aloo

Medini, Can you please post this Dum Aloo recipe for the whole group. I am a kashmiri and cook this kashmiri dish atleast 1-2 times a month at home. I have seen many non kashmiri versions of this dish being prepared and also non kashmiri version of the recipe being circulated around. It truly breaks my heart because those versions of the recipe really don't do any justice to it. So here is the authentic one.

Thanks Sonali

Dum Aloo/Potato: Serving size: 3-4 people

Ingredients: 10 small rounded potatoes; 1-1/2 chili powder; Salt to taste, 1tsp ginger powder, 3 laung /cloves; 1 cinnamon/dalchini stick or � tsp. cinnamon powder/dalchini; 2 big black elaichi/cardamom; 2 small elaichi; � tsp fennel powder, 3-4 tbsp. of yogurt; Two cups of water; � zeera/cumin seed, Pinch of heeng/ asafetida and oil for frying.

Method: Boil potatoes completely soaked in water in a wider pan for 10 minutes or longer till you see skin can easily be peeled. After peeling the skin, prick the ollu all over with knitting needle or tooth prick or fork or tip of knife. Deep fry ollu till reddish brown and put aside. Take 3 tbsp. of oil in a pressure cooker or pan. Add chili powder and heeng to oil and saut�. Add 3 spoons of yogurt and stir till yogurt dissolves in oil and forms into a thick chili paste. Add salt ginger powder, fennel powder ; cinnamon, crushed laung/cloves and crushed big black elaichi to yogurt chili mixture. Add potatoes to chili mixture. Add 2 cups of water or more till all the potatoes are completely dipped in water. Pressure cook for ten minutes and simmer for another five minutes. Open the cooker when pressure drops in cooker. Check for water consistency. If too much water is left, boil till only a little water is left. Turn off the stove. Crush green cardamom/ elaichi and cumin/ zeera. Sprinkle the crushed massala over potatoes and cover. Serve dum Aloo warm.

Left over can be stored in fridge and used next day after warming. Note: If cooking in a pan, add 2-3 cups of water and boil for 5 minutes and simmer at a low flame till water is absorbed.

Contributed by :

 * Indiancuisineandculture Y-Group