Name: Punjabi Dum aloo recipe by Aruna Saraschandra at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Baby potatoes - 12; For potato coating; Red chilli powder - 1 tsp; Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp; Salt a pinch; Oil - 3 tsp; For gravy; Oil - 1 tsp; onion - 1; Ginger - 1/2 inch; Garlic - 3; Elachi - 2; Cloves - 2; Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch; Tomatoes - 2; Cashew nuts - 5; For dum aloo; Oil - 4 tsp; Butter - 2 tsp; Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp; Crushed fennel seeds - 1 tsp; Kasuri methi - 1 tsp; Black pepper - 5; Bay leaf - 1; Red chilli powder - 1 tsp; Coriander powder - 1 tsp; Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp; Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp; salt as per taste; Water - 1 cup

Ingredients Serving: 4

Baby potatoes - 12
For potato coating
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp
Salt a pinch
Oil - 3 tsp
For gravy
Oil - 1 tsp
onion - 1
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic - 3
Elachi - 2
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch
Tomatoes - 2
Cashew nuts - 5
For dum aloo
Oil - 4 tsp
Butter - 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp
Crushed fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Kasuri methi - 1 tsp
Black pepper - 5
Bay leaf - 1
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp
salt as per taste
Water - 1 cup

Instructions

Wash baby potatoes and cook it for 1 whistle, remove it skin and keep it aside.
Now poke all the boiled potatoes with fork so that potato absorbs masala well.
Now add red chilli, turmeric powder, salt, 1/2 tsp of oil to the potatoes mix well.
Heat 2 tsp of oil in a Kadai and saute potatoes till it becomes roast and changes color. Take it into plate.
In the same pan add oil fry elachi, clove, dalchini, onion, ginger, garlic, pinch of salt. Let it cool and grind it into smooth paste, and take it into bowl.
Also grind tomatoes and cashew nuts to fine paste and take it into bowl.
Heat oil in a pan add cumin, crushed fennel seeds, kasuri Methi, pepper, bay leaf and fry it well.
Keep flames low and add red chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder mix everything well. Now add onion masala paste fry it on low flames for 2 minutes.
Now add Tomatoe and cashew nuts paste mix everything well till oil oozes out.
Now add 1 cup water and fried baby potatoes and mix everything well. Close lid and cook it on low flames for 10 minutes so that potatoes will absorb masala.
Atlast dd butter and saute everything once. That's it our Punjabi style Dum Aloo is ready to serve :yum:

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