Niramish Aloor Dum or Bengali Dum Aloo recipe

Niramish Aloor Dum or Bengali Dum Aloo recipe

This spicy potato curry has no onions and or garlic in it

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Cuisine:Bengali
Cook time:30m
Prep time:10m
Servings:5

Ingredients

400 gms small round potatoes (skin peeled)

1/2 tomato, medium sized and ground into a fine paste

2 green chillies

1 inch ginger (grated)

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 bay leaf

1/4 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp asafoetida

1 tsp sugar

Salt to taste

2 tbsp clarified butter

40 gms cashew nut (soaked and grated)

Method

Partially boil the potatoes with a pinch of salt in a cooking bowl.

Heat clarified butter in a deep bottomed pan over a medium flame. Add bay leaf, green chilli and cumin seeds. Once the seeds start spluttering, add the grated ginger and asafoetida. Stir for a while.

Add the tomato paste, turmeric, sugar and salt. Add water until the potatoes are almost covered. Cover with a lid and cook over a low flame.

Once the potatoes are almost cooked, add the cashew paste and cook until the mixture thickens.

Note: Fry the Kochuri only after the Aloor Dum and Cholar Dal are ready. Serve them hot and crispy.

Ishita B Saha
Ishita B Saha
Ishita B Saha
The writer is the author of the culinary travel blog ishitaunblogged.com. She is currently based in Chennai and has been a Dubai resident for two decades.

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