Shital's-Kitchen: Dum Aloo

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Dum Aloo

This is a popular North-Indian entrée made with baby potatoes. Can be served with Naan or Rice. Dum Aloo Kashmiri was one if my favorite childhood dishes as these cooked potatoes are served in a gravy with few pieces of pineapple. Pineapple would impart a sweet and sour flavor to Dum Aloo.

Dum means to cover and cook on low heat so that the flavors are absorbed into main ingredient (potato in this case).

Update: 2/19/2018 Journey of blogging has been fun! Logging my work or I can say the food I experiment in my kitchen is logged here and easy to refer to in future. This was one of my initial recipes when I was very new to the blogging world. Take pictures or videos using simple camera. In spite of not having great pictures, this recipe became popular soon and I started receiving positive comments for it. It surely boosted my morale and I got more interested in logging my work :)

Although I have made this several times, I was finally able to update this post with better pictures. I just enjoy doing that.  :)

Ingredients (serves 3-4)
25-30 baby potatoes
2 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. ghee
1 large onion
3-4 cloves garlic
1 inch ginger
1 cup raw cashew nuts
1 inch cinnamon stick
3-4 cloves
1 bay leaf
2 green cardamoms
2-3 dried red chili
1 tbsp. cumin seeds
2 tbsp. raw fennel seeds (saunf)
1tsp. red chili powder
1+1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
1/2 cup yogurt
2 tomatoes

  • Boil baby potatoes in salt water till they are just done. Peel them and prick with a fork or a toothpick.You could fry them but it is totally optional.
  • Roughly chop 1 chop onion, 1 inch ginger, 3-4 cloves garlic.
  • Heat 2 tbsp. oil.
  • Saute onions, ginger, and garlic for 2 minutes. Add 3-4 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon, 2 dried red chilies, 1 tbsp. cumin seeds, 2 tbsp. saunf seeds (fennel), 1/2 cup cashew nuts. and saute for 3-4 minutes till soften. Turn off the heat and let it cool. 
  • Grind to form a smooth paste.
  •  Heat 2 tbsp. of ghee, fry 1 bay leaf, 2 green cardamoms, and cashew nuts (optional). Fry ground paste for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add 1/2 cup yogurt.  Cover and let it cook for 3- 4 minutes.
  • Add 1 tsp. red chili powder, salt to taste, 1 tsp. sugar and 1/2 tsp. dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi).
  • Add baby potatoes that are boiled, fried (optional) and fork pricked. 
  • Cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
  • Serve with roti or paratha of your choice.

Here is step-by-step pictorial recipe:
1 chop onion, 1 inch ginger, 3-4 cloves garlic, 3-4 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon, 2 dried red chilies, 1 tbsp. cumin seeds, 2 tbsp. saunf seeds (fennel), 1/2 cup cashew nuts.
Heat 2 tbsp. oil.
Saute onions, ginger, and garlic for 2 minutes. Add all other ingredients and saute for 3-4 minutes till soften. Turn off the heat and let it cool.



Gring to form a smooth paste.

Boil baby potatoes in salt water till they are just done. Peel them and prick with a fork or a toothpick.
You could fry them but it is totally optional.

Heat 2 tbsp. of ghee, fry 1 bay leaf, 2 green cardamoms, and cashew nuts (optional). Fry ground paste for 3-4 minutes.
As it starts giving out this delicious aroma add puree of 2 tomatoes. 
Add 1/2 cup yogurt.  Cover and let it cook for 3- 4 minutes.
Add 1 tsp. red chili powder, salt to taste, 1 tsp. sugar and 1/2 tsp. dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi).
Add baby potatoes that are boiled, fried (optional) and fork pricked. Cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes.


Serving Dum Aloo with hot tandoori roti sprnkled with sesame (til) and Nigella (kalonji) seeds.











My initial video of making Dum Aloo! :) 
Please excuse the photography, but I enjoy talking while cooking!
Dum Aloo Part 1

Dum Aloo Part 2 

12 comments:

  1. Your kitchen is PERFECT for this!!

    I'm particularly excited about the glossary/translation graph in one of the posts below.

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  2. Would like to get few more of your recipes. You r good. Love ur kitchen.

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  3. Waiting for more recipes. Dum aloo was awesome.

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  4. wow... yummy... will be trying soon :)... thanks for the recipe.. keep them coming :)

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  5. Wow!!!!This recipe looks wonderful.
    You really are innovative; never could've thought using a pressure cooker as a tandoor.

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  6. I tried this recipe yesterday. It turned out so delicious. We enjoyed it very much. I am going to try Tortilla Salad this weekend.
    keep posting !

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  7. I tried your palak paratha with paneer stuffing .It was Awesome.
    I'm going to try this dum aloo soon!!

    Mehnaz

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    1. Hello Mehnaz, I am glad you liked it! :) Happy Cooking!

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  8. Love the recipe.Going to try it soon.But did you use unpeeled potatoes?

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    1. Thank you! No, I did not use unpeeled potatoes. Some of them were white baby potatoes and some were red baby potatoes. So it looks as if I did not peel them. I have tried without peeling them once, but did not enjoy the texture in this recipe.

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  9. Invited dum aloo..I will try this soon

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