Aloo Dum (Potato Curry)
October 14th, 2009 filed under Gravy / Sauces, Subji (Vegetables)
This is an exotic delicious main dish. Just the smell of aloo dum can make you hungry! To make this dish, potatoes are fried and then soaked in the spicy aromatic gravy. This is a perfect dish for any dinner party.
Recipe serves 4.
Ingredients:
- 4 medium size russet potatoes
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1/8 teaspoon asafetida (hing)
- 1 tablespoon gram flour (basen)
- 6 whole red chili
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon coconut powder
- 1/4 inch of ginger
- 1 green chili adjust to taste
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder (dhania)
- 1 tablespoon funnel seed powder (saunf)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika (dagi or kashmiri mirch)
- 1 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
- 1/2 garam masala
- about 2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro
- oil to fry
Method:
- Peeled and cut the potatoes into ½” cubes.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium high heat.
- Frying pan should have at least 1inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put one piece of potato in the oil. The potato should sizzle right away. If potatoes are fried on low heat they will be very oily.
- Fry the potatoes till they are cooked through; turn the potatoes few times while frying. Take out potatoes with a slotted spoon (this allows excess oil to drip back into the frying pan) and place on a paper towel. Keep aside.
- Heat the pan on medium heat and stir-fry the sesame seeds for about a minute until seeds lightly change color. Take them out and keep aside.
- Blend sesame seeds, coconut, ginger, green chili, and make it into a paste. Use water as needed to blend into paste.
- In a small bowl mix, sesame paste, yogurt, ginger, green chili, coriander powder, funnels seed powder, paprika, red chili powder, and turmeric into a paste. Keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add the cumin asafetida and cumin seeds. After the cumin seeds crack, add whole red chili and besan (gram flour). Stir-fry for about half a minute until the besan (gram flour) is golden-brown.
- Add the spice paste and stir-fry for about 2 minutes on medium heat until the spices starts to separate from the oil.
- Add the potatoes, mix it well and add about 1cup of water. After the gravy boils, let it cook on low-medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes. Adjust the water in gravy to your liking.
- Add the cilantro and garam masala cover the pan and turn off the heat. Let it sit for few minutes before taking of the cover. This helps bringing the color on the top of the dish.
- Serve with any bread.
Do the potatoes have to be fried first? Could I par-boil them?
snowmoonelk,
How about if you stir-fry the potatoes, par boil will work but will change the texture.
Thank you Manjula, you are right, I will fry them like you do – I want them to be authentic, after all!
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Jai Jinendra Manjula ji,
Another great recipe from you thanks for posting this .
Whenever I add yogurt in hot dish it tears…..
what to do ?
I cooked Aloo dum from with the help of ur recipe…it tasted superb! My husband was very happy. This is the 3rd recipe I tried from ur website (carrot halwa, bhoondi laddoo n aloo dum)…they always come out really good.
Ur videos r very helpful.
Thank u so much Manjula aunty…u make cooking really easy, interesting and enthusiastic.
Jaijinendra aunty,
I just made dum aloo ,it turned out really good,although I didn’t add coconut powder & degi mirch as I didn’t have any.I will buy these 2 ingredients & definetely try this again.
All your recipes are very delicious & easy to follow.
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I love this website, my husband is Indian and I love making and trying new dishes, thank you so much.
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I made this for dinner tonight, along with your naan recipe. Both were delicious!