Achari Dum Aloo

Name: Achari Dum Aloo
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gm potatoes; 1 teaspoon mustard seeds; 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; 4 dry red chillies; 1/4 teaspoon kalaunji; 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon ginger; 1/2 turmeric powder; 1/2 cup tomato puree; 1 teaspoon amchur powder; As per taste salt; As per taste sugar; 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

Potatoes can be cooked in several ways. This dum aloo has a unique aroma of pickles and a tangy and spicy taste.

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

Potatoes can be cooked in several ways. This dum aloo has a unique aroma of pickles and a tangy and spicy taste.

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Ingredients

30minutes

4 servings

500 gmpotatoes
1 teaspoonmustard seeds
1 teaspoonfenugreek seeds
1 teaspoonfennel seeds
4dry red chillies
1/4 teaspoonkalaunji
1/4 teaspooncumin seeds
1 teaspoonginger
1/2turmeric powder
1/2 cuptomato puree
1 teaspoonamchur powder
As per taste salt
As per taste sugar
1/2 cupchopped coriander leaves

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Steps

30minutes

1

Take the mustard seeds, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, and dry red chillies and grind them into a powder
2

Heat some mustard oil in a wok and shallow fry the potatoes with some salt and turmeric. You may also deep fry them.
3

Keep them aside.
4

Again in the same pan, heat some mustard oil and add the kalaunji and cumin seeds. Let the aroma comes out.
5

Add the ginger paste, turmeric, fry for 30sec and then add the tomato puree. Mix them very well and cook it till the raw smell of tomato disappears.
6

Add the amchur powder and the fried potatoes.
7

Stir them altogether.
8

Add the powdered masala that was made before. Saute it very well
9

Add 2 cups of water. Let it boil
10

Add some salt according to your taste and then cover the wok with a lid and simmer the flame.
11

After 10min check whether the potatoes have become soft. If it is so, then add some sugar according to your taste
12

Mix them very well and add some coriander leaves.
13

Remove it from the flame. Your achari dum aloo is ready to be served.