Shahi dum aloo. A no onion garlic rich creamy and delicious curry. Easy to make spicy and flavorful curry to paired with puri, paratha, roti, fried rice, jeera rice or pulao. A perfect side dish for this festive season.
On upcoming Navaratri which starts from 7th October this year, many people avoid onion garlic on these days. So here is a mouthwatering and easy recipe for you. You can also make it to serve as Bhog prasad with Luchi, Basanti pulao, Bhuni khichuri or Bengali pulao. I have served it with basanti pulao.
Potatoes are always comes to our resque when no other vegetables available for some reason. I always store potatoes when my vegetable vendor is on leave. Versatile potatoes are
• Packed With Nutrients.
• Contain Antioxidants. Potatoes are rich in compounds like flavonoids, carotenoids and phenolic acids
• May Improve Blood Sugar Control
• May Improve Digestive Health
• Naturally Gluten-Free
• Incredibly Filling
• Extremely Versatile
To read more about health benefits of potato click here.
Some fragrant spices are used to make this potato curry flavorful. I have used ground paste of these spices. You can also use these cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in tempering or tadka. If you are using in tempering don’t forget to crush the whole spices in a mortar pestle. But I like my gravy smooth and many people don’t like if these whole spices comes in mouth while eating. So to make the gravy smooth and creamy grind the spices into a smooth paste. And you can also add 1-2 tablespoon fresh cream at the end of cooking if you want.
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Recipe
Small potatoes – 500 gram
Tomato – 1 medium, chopped
Green chilli – 3-4 or to taste
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Cashew nuts – 10
Melon seeds – 1 tablespoon
Poppy seeds or khas khas – 1 tablespoon
Green cardamom – 3
Cinnamon – 1/2 Inch piece
Cloves – 3
Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Kashmiri red chilli powder – 2 teaspoon
Curd or yogurt – 4 tablespoon
Mustard oil – 3 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Sugar – 1/2 teaspoon
Kasuri methi – 1 teaspoon
Water – 1&1/2 cup + 4 tablespoon
Ghee or clarified – 2 teaspoon
Cilantro or coriander leaves – to garnish
Method
1. Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker for 2 whistle. Don’t make too soft because we will fry the potatoes. If you don’t have small potatoes then you can also use large size potatoes. Cut the boiled potatoes in large pieces before frying.
2. Let the cooker cool down. Take out the potatoes and peel them. Prick the potatoes with a fork and keep aside.
3. Dry grind poppy seeds, melon seeds and cashew nuts. Add 3-4 tablespoon water and grind again. Make a smooth paste. Pour the paste into a bowl. Mix well beaten curd or yogurt with the mixture and keep aside.
4. In the same grinder grind tomato, ginger, 1-2 green chilli, cinnamon, green cardamom and cloves. You can use green cardamom, cinnamon and cloves for tempering or tadka but I recommend to grind everything into a smooth paste to get creamy smooth gravy. And the whole spices will not come in mouth while eating.
5. Heat oil in a pan. Add potatoes and salt. Fry till potatoes becomes golden brown.
6. Add tomato, ginger, green chilli, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves paste. Mix well. Add cumin powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and Kashmiri red chilli powder. Saute till oil leaves the sides.
7. Reduce the heat and add cashew nuts, melon seeds and poppy seeds paste mixed with curd or yogurt. Saute till everything dried up and oil leaves the sides. Don’t increase the heat. Cook on simmer to avoid curdling the yogurt.
8. Add 1 & 1/2 cup water, sugar, 2-3 green chilli and little salt. Remember we have added salt in potatoes.
9. Increase the flame. When the gravy starts to rolling boil reduce the heat. Cook on simmer for 10-15 minutes. Or till you get your desired consistency.
10. Crush Kasuri methi with your palm and add in potatoes. Taste and adjust the salt if required. Add a dollop of ghee or clarified butter and remove from heat. You can add 1-2 tablespoon fresh cream if you like. I didn’t.
11. Garnish with chopped cilantro or coriander leaves. Serve with any pulao, steamed rice, puri, luchi, naan, paratha or any Indian flatbread.
Notes
1. You can use almond instead of cashew nuts.
2. Use chilli according to your spice tolerance.
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Shahi dum aloo looks so rich and creamy. Perfect to enjoy during festivities. I am seriously missing poppy seeds here. Fabulous recipe.You are tempting me to make it soon.
The Shahi Dum Aloo looks so creamy and flavourful! Love the addition of melon seeds, poppy seeds and various whole spices to add texture and flavour to the gravy. Would love to dig into this beautiful sabzi with some hot rotis!