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.
Hello Manjula aunty,
We, the group of Indian students decided to make Aloo dum according to your recipe. It was simply delicious. Everyone was so pleased because of its authentic traditional taste. A big thank you from all of us!
Awesome..Looks delicious aunty. i am going to try it today.
I love all your recipes. I do have a problem with this particular one. I used too much fennel (I didn’t have powder so I used fennel seeds) and now this is the spice that takes over all the flavors. It is too much fennel. What can I do to save the dish? Please HELP!!!
Aunty can I make this without the sesame seeds?
Neha,
Yes you can do without sesame seed.
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Wow Manjula,
This recipe was amazing. Thanks for such a wonderful experience. Added just a pinch of sugar for a bit of sweetness at the end. Superb!
Great videos and instructions!!
Spent the last 7 years in S. E. Asia and S. Asia. Wonderful Indian food was the staple. I enjoy cooking, but was really worried about coming back to the States because I didn’t know how to make Indian stuff myself (My wife is Indian, but can’t cook…at all:-)) with ingredients available here. Your videos have greatly improved my life!!
Can’t live without Indian food!!!
i prepare ur wonderful receipes, they are superb.
I tried your recipe and it was fantastic! I will definately come back for more. I am now officially a fan of this website. Did you come up with these recipes on your own? They are terrific! And do you add salt to the aloo? Thank you so much Ms. Manjula!!
Sorry i didnt see the video about the salt. But thank you.
Hello Manjula aunty,
your recipies are simply great done very quickly with home found ingredients. I have tried ur home made dhoodh pedas it had come out well but when i added sugar it became little thin in consistency i added bit of milk powder and made it rite it was good and tastier.
thank you for the recipie.