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Dum Aloo / Aloo Dum

Posted on Aug 21, 2013 · Last Updated on Mar 11, 2021 by Uma Ramanujam · 22 Comments

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Gone are the days when I used to cook only dal and kurmas for daily menu. Now I started including many rich gravies. Few are from my ideas and few are from cookbook collections I own. Sometimes, I tweak the recipe completely to make the cooking process easier without compromising on taste. Today’s recipe is Dum Aloo from Nita Mehta’s cookbook and it is highly modified to make the cooking process easier.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 30-35 minutes

Serves: 4-5

Ingredients:

Baby potatoes – 20-25 nos.

Oil / Butter – 3 tablespoons

Fennel seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Cinnamon stick – 2 inch piece

Green cardamom – 3 nos.

Black cardamom – 1 no.

Bay Leaves – 1 no.

Cloves – 3 nos.,

Onion – 1 no., large size, sliced

Tomato – 2 nos., medium size, cubed

Ginger –  2 inch piece, finely chopped

Garlic cloves – 3 nos., finely chopped

Cashew nuts – 2 tablespoons

Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Garam Masala – 1/2 teaspoon

Salt – to taste

Kasoori methi – 1/2 teaspoon

Milk – 1 cup

Water – 1/2-1 cup

Method:

1) Pressure cook the potatoes for 2 whistles. Once done, peel the skin and prick using fork all the sides.

2) In a wide pan, heat a tablespoon of oil. Add the potatoes and shallow fry until all the sides of potato turns golden brown. Keep turning the potatoes using ladle or spoon for uniform browning.

3) In the same pan, heat another tablespoon of oil. Add fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, green cardamom, black cardamom, bay leaves and cloves. Saute for few seconds.

4) Add onion and saute till it becomes soft and brown.

5) Add ginger and garlic. Saute for a minute.

6) Add cubed tomato. Saute until the tomato becomes mushy.

7) Add cashew nuts and turn the flame off. Let it cool to room temperature.

8) Once cooled, grind it to a smooth paste. Add water if required.

9) Take another pan or in the same pan, heat remaining oil. Add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.

10) Add the ground masala paste to it. Rinse the mixie with 1/2 cup of water and add it to the pan. Let it boil for 5-7 minutes.

11) Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, kashmiri chilli powder, garam masala, salt and kasoori methi. Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.

12) Reduce the flame to low and add milk slowly in a batch and stir well after each addition. Make sure the milk is incorporated well with the gravy. Cook for 1-2 minute(s).

13) Add baby potatoes. Mix well. Cover the pan using lid and let it be for 3-5 minutes.

14) Open the lid and cook again for few seconds.

15) Gravy is ready and serve hot with roti.

Notes:

1) Instead of baby potatoes, you can use normal round potatoes and cut them as 1 inch cubes before using them.

2) Instead of pressure cooking, you can deep fry the potatoes.

3) You can also use couple of tablespoons of khoya along with kasoori methi for richer taste to the gravy.

4) I added kashmiri red chilli powder for the colour and store bought red chilli powder for spicy taste. Adjust it according to your taste.

5) The final gravy was in thick creamy consistency. You can add more or reduce the water quantity as per the consistency you need.

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AJ
AJ
11 years ago

Looks yummy! Beautiful colour to the curry!

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virunthu unna vaanga
virunthu unna vaanga
11 years ago

wow… uma its really very awesome…. who can resist these delicious dum aloo… Love it alot…

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Rafeeda AR
Rafeeda AR
11 years ago

Looks so rich n irresistable…

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Nalini's Kitchen
Nalini's Kitchen
11 years ago

Wow!!Dum aloo looks so creamy and delicious,it got a very nice color Uma…

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

Looks so Delicious…

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Chitz
Chitz
11 years ago

Ahh, looks awesome.. Wonderful clicks too.. I guess we would love this thick & rich gravy 🙂

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Priya Suresh
Priya Suresh
11 years ago

Irresistible dum aloo, a prefect virtual treat, wat a catchy colour of the gravy,drooling here.

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meena
meena
11 years ago

lovely color.so tempting.

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

lovely color..dum aloo looks so rich and scrumptious…love that copper spoon..it's cute..

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Vimitha Durai
Vimitha Durai
11 years ago

Love it with naans… Beautiful clicks

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

wow dum aloo looks so so delicious and drool worthy clicks 🙂 tempting me a lot !!

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Divya Shivaraman
Divya Shivaraman
11 years ago

We had this yesterday for raksha bandan dinner…super fab dish that will make you mad licking fingers

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great-secret-of-life
great-secret-of-life
11 years ago

wow! super presentation love the color 🙂

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chef and her kitchen
chef and her kitchen
11 years ago

love dum aloo.it looks really delicious and yumm

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Ruxana Gafoor
Ruxana Gafoor
11 years ago

rich and creamy…tempting clicks too

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AparnaRajeshkumar
AparnaRajeshkumar
11 years ago

thats a lovely spoon u own 🙂 lovely pictures 😀

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

the kadai with spicy aloo curry wow…hhhmmm very flavourful it seems

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Shanthi
Shanthi
11 years ago

looking very pretty and yummy..

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Lifewithspices
Lifewithspices
11 years ago

wonderful spicy looking curry.. looks yumm

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KrithisKitchen
KrithisKitchen
11 years ago

Gorgeous pictures… aloo dum… had been long time since I made these…
Dish It Out – Onions & Chillis

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Sona
Sona
11 years ago

dum aloo looks delicious and creamy.

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Kushigalu
Kushigalu
9 years ago

Its Beautiful and Mouth Wattering!!!

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