Dum Aloo Recipe

Ingredients :

• 900 gms Aloo (Potatoes) 
• 33/4th cups water 
• Salt To Taste 
• Ghee or oil for deep-frying 
• 1 cup ghee 
• 1 large Onion (finely chopped) 
• 4 tbsp tomato puree 
• 140 ml curd 
• 4 tbsp hot water 
• 1 green pepper (seeds removed and sliced) 
• 1 tbsp garam masala powder

Spices

• 4 cloves 
• 4 bay leaves 
• 6 black peppercorns 
• 4 green cardamoms 
• 1 brown cardamom 
• 1 piece cinnamon stick 

Paste

• 1 large onion (chopped) 
• 12 flakes garlic 
• 2 tbsp ginger 
• 6 black peppercorns 
• 1 tbsp poppy seeds 
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds 
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds 
• 2 dry red chilies 
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder 
• A pinch of ground mace 
• A pinch of ground nutmeg

How to Make :

• Scrape the aloo (potatoes), prick all over with a fork and soak in the water with little salt for 2 hours.
• Dry the potatoes on a cloth and heat the ghee or oil.
• Deep fry the potatoes until golden brown. Drain anvd set aside.
• Heat the measured ghee in a flameproof pan and fry onions with all the spices until golden.
• Grind the paste ingredients to a fairly smooth paste and stir into the onions.
• Cook for 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree, curd and salt.
• Add the aloo (potatoes) and hot water and stir over a low heat for 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle the dum aloo with pepper and garam masala and cook for few minutes.