India

Dum Aloo

Name: Dum Aloo
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 600 g Small potatoes; 200 g Yoghurt; 1 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp each Fennel & ginger powder; 2 Tomatoes; 1 tsp Garam masala; to cook/garnish Vegetable oil & coriander

Kashmiri potato curry

Dum aloo is a curry of small whole potatoes, first fried and then gently cooked in a spiced sauce - “dum” refers to cooking in their own steam.

The Kashmiri version relies on yoghurt, fennel and ginger rather than onions, giving a bright-red, aromatic sauce.

Servings4

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Small potatoes600 g
Yoghurt200 g
Kashmiri chilli powder1 tbsp
Fennel & ginger powder1 tsp each
Tomatoes2
Garam masala1 tsp
Vegetable oil & corianderto cook/garnish

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil, peel and fry the potatoes golden all over.
Reduce tomatoes with chilli powder, fennel and ginger into a sauce.
Stir in the yoghurt, heat gently.
Add the potatoes and let them steep in the steam (dum).
Season with garam masala and coriander, serve.

Make it original

Kashmiri chilli and garam masala for dum aloo are in the Asia Boutique.

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