KASHMIRI DUM ALOO RECIPE

Ingredients for Dum Aloo:

900gms Aloo (Potatoes)
33/4th cups water
Salt To Taste
Olive oil for deep-frying (as it is good for your health)
1 cup ghee (optional)
1 large onion (finely chopped or puree, make seperate puree for the onion and tomato, dont puree them together)
4 tbsp tomato puree
140 ml curd (as per taste, I prefer a small amount)
4 tbsp hot water
1 green pepper (seeds removed and sliced, as I have Kidney Stones and those seeds are not supposed to be good for me)
1tsp garam masala powder
Coriander leaves (finely chopped for garnishing)

Spices
4 cloves
4 bay leaves
6 black peppercorns
1 brown cardamom
1piece cinnamon stick

Paste
1 large onion (chopped)
12 flakes garlic
2 tbsp ginger
6black peppercorns
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 dry red chilies
1 tsp turmeric powder
A pinch of ground mace
A pinch of ground nutmeg

How to make kashmiri dum aloo:

• Scrape the aloo (potatoes) (i prefer them to be scraped), prick all over with a fork and soak in the water with little salt for 1-2 hours.
• Dry the potatoes on a cloth/paper napkin and heat the olive oil.
• Deep fry the potatoes until golden brown. Drain and set aside.
• Heat the measured oil (ghee) in a pan and fry onions with all the spices until golden.
• Grind the paste ingredients to a smooth paste and stir into the onions.
• Cook for 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree, curd and salt.
• Add the aloo (potatoes) and hot water and stir over a low heat for 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle the dum aloo with pepper and garam masala and cook for few minutes and garnish it with loads of finely chopped coriander leaves. and its ready to serve !!

I usually prefer my food spicy and hot and this is quick incase if you have all things together. You can take something off if you don't have all the ingredients (e.g. mace and nutmeg).

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Thank you !!