Luchi Dum Aalu

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Breakfast menu vary from place to place. But its often include carbohydrate such as grains, fruits, vegetables, a protein food with a beverage and a sweet dish.

This post is going to be a part of #Foodiemonday #Bloghop this time #theme is regional breakfast.

Presenting a Bengal special breakfast.
In Bengal variety of dishes are serve in breakfast including a sweet.

Such as radhaballavi which is a type of kachauri or kochuri stuffed with lentils. Very filling and yummy. It can be serve with spicy potatoes with gravy.

Matar/peas kachouri is a favorite dish of my family. Its made with flour and deep fried. Stuffing is spicy green peas.

List is too long.
Presenting a very common dish of every household.

Its fluffy luchi. Cousin of puri. Made of refined/all purpose flour or maida instead of whole wheat flour. Usually serve with dum aalu /aalu dum or chholar dal or Bengal gram lentils.

I like the classic combo luchi dum aalu.
We usually serve a sweet dish with this combo.

Recipe of luchi or puri

All purpose flour or maida – 2 cup
Whole wheat flour or atta – 1 tbsp ( optional )

Ghee or oil – 2-3 tbsp

Salt – 1/2 tsp

Water to knead a stiff dough

Oil or ghee for deep frying

Method

Mix flour, salt
2 tbsp ghee or 3 tbsp oil. Mix well. Flour should loosely hold shape in your fist. Make a sandy mixture. Add water slowly and knead the dough. Dough shouldn’t loose. Knead well.

When you feel the dough is not sticking to your palm, its ready.
Keep the dough covered for 20-30 minutes divide the dough into small balls.

Roll the balls to circle with the help of oil. Heat oil for fry in a deep wok or karahi. Gently drop the dough circle into the hot oil.

The luchi will begin to puff up. Lightly press them with a spatula to complete puffing up. Turn over and fry the other side. Remove and drain on kitchen towel.

Serve hot with dum aalu/ Panjabi chhole or any veg / non veg curry.

Recipe of dum aalu or aalu dum

Potatoes- 1/2 kg boiled and peeled

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 tbsp or as much your spice tolerance

Ginger – 1/2 inch piece

Tomatoes – 2-3 chopped

Green chilli -1

Cumin seed – 1/2 tsp

Hing/asafetida – 1/4 tsp ( you may add little more if you like the flavour)

Oil – 2 tbsp

Cumin powder- 1 tsp

Coriander powder- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Garam masala powder- 1/2 tsp

Sugar- 1/2 tsp ( optional)

Salt to taste

Ghee/clarified butter – 1 tsp (optional)

Method

Take boiled and peeled potatoes. If potatoes are a little big halve them but if you have small potatoes don’t need to halve.

Heat oil in a pan. Fry the potatoes till light brown. Keep aside.

Grind tomato, ginger and green chilli.
In the oil add cumin seed, when splutter lower the flame and add hing/asafetida and red chilli powder. Saute and add ground tomatoes, green chilli and ginger.

Then add add all the spices and fry well. Add potatoes salt, sugar saute and add 1 cup water. Mix well.

Simmer till the water evaporate. Stir and add garam masala powder and ghee/clarified butter.

Your dum aalu is ready. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve.

If in hurry follow this quick method
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seed then hing and potatoes. Fry then add all the ingredients.

Saute and when dried up add ghee/clarified butter and garam masala. Mix well. If you want to make little gravy don’t dried up completely.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve quick and yummy dum aalu with puri, paratha or luchi.