Name: Luchi Aloor dum recipe by Soma Mukherjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For luchi- All purpose flour 3 cups; Refined oil or ghee for moiyan 2 table spoon; Ghee or oil for deep frying; 1/2 teaspoon Salt and water; For aloor dum- Potatoes medium size 400 g; Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon , bay leaf 1; Green cilli slits 3; Onion chopped 1 medium; Ginger paste 2 teaspoon; Garlic paste 1 teaspoon; Tomato puree 1/2 cup; Salt, sugar and termaric as required; Red cilli powder (optional) 1 teaspoon; Garam mashala paste- 3 cardamom + 2 cloves + 1" stick cinnamon; Chopped coriander hand full; Oil for cooking 2 table spoon

Ingredients Serving: 4

For luchi- All purpose flour 3 cups
Refined oil or ghee for moiyan 2 table spoon
Ghee or oil for deep frying
1/2 teaspoon Salt and water
For aloor dum- Potatoes medium size 400 g
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon , bay leaf 1
Green cilli slits 3
Onion chopped 1 medium
Ginger paste 2 teaspoon
Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
Tomato puree 1/2 cup
Salt, sugar and termaric as required
Red cilli powder (optional) 1 teaspoon
Garam mashala paste- 3 cardamom + 2 cloves + 1" stick cinnamon
Chopped coriander hand full
Oil for cooking 2 table spoon

Instructions

Pill potatoes and cut on midle make two pieces
Heat oil add cumin seeds and bay leaf. Fry until fried smell appears
Add chopped onion and sugar then fry until golden brown in colour.
Add ginger & garlic paste Fry add potatoes and mix well
Add salt termaric powder and red cilli powder
Stir it and add tomato puree mix and cover for few minutes
Remove cover and stir add little water and stir. Add green cilli slits. When a nice smell of fried spices appears add 2 cups of warm water and cover with a lid.
You can shift it to a pressure cooker and pressure cook it for about 15 minutes. Other wise cook it with a lid on low flame for about 25 minutes. Check in between.
If potatoes well cooked then add garam mashala paste and cover it. Remove from the heat.
Garnish with fresh chopped coriander.
Luchi: In a mixing bowl take all purpose flour and mix salt
Add moiyan (Ghee/ refined oil) mix well
Add little water at a time and mix well. Make a dough. Knead the dough properly so that it will not to soft or hard.
Make small balls of the dough
Roll each balls with rolling pin and make round shape puries.
Heat oil or ghee and deep fry the puries on medium flame.
Drain excess oil and serve hot
Serve hot luchies - aaloor dum with sweet Boondi/Rosgulla/Sandesh

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