Bengali style dum aloo
A yummy, mildly spiced potatoes and peas curry to go with your Indian flatbreads
Equipment
- Shallow cooking pot with lid
Ingredients
For the aloor dom
- 500 g baby potatoes par boiled
- ½ cup peas frozen
- 1 medium tomato chopped
- 2 tbsp ginger & chili paste
- 2 fresh chilis slit
- 1 tbsp coriander seed powder
- 1 tsp cumin seed powder
- 1 tsp hing asafoedita
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 bay leaf
- 2-3 cloves
- 2 dried red chilis
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 2-3 pods cardamom
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 4 tbsp mustard oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Poke the par boiled and peeled potatoes with a fork randomly. Apply and gently rub half of the turmeric powder and salt on them
- Heat about 2 tbsp of the oil and fry the seasoned potatoes until slightly coloured. Remove and set aside
- In the same pan, heat the remaining of oil and add in the whole spices
- When fragrant, add the chili powder and turmeric, over low heat. Stir for couple minutes, then add in the hing, ginger and chili paste and wait until it's raw smells goes away
- Follow this up with all the spice powders (except the garam masala) and ¼ cup water. Mix well and cook until oil separates
- Next, stir in the peas, tomatoes and remaining salt
- Once the tomatoes turn mushy, add ½ cup water and the sugar. Let this simmer for a couple minutes
- Then add the potatoes, stir in gently, cover and cook for 10 minutes*
- Switch the flame off, add the chilis, drizzle the ghee and garam masala over, mix gently and keep covered until serving
- Serve the Bengali style dum aloo with hot parathas or luchis and enjoy a hearty meal!
Notes
- When using mustard oil, heat it until it starts smoking, Then reduce the flame and commence cooking
- You can also use ghee or any other cooking oil too
- If you do not want to add the ketchup, you can replace it with the same amount of sugar. But do add either one of it, otherwise you won't get a rounded taste of the curry the taste
- *Add more water, if you want, at this point
- g - grams
- tsp - teaspoon
- tbsp - tablespoon