Aloo Dum

Ingredients

• • Cashew nuts - 15
• • Potato (small) - ½ kg
• • Curd - 1 cup
• • Unsweetened khoyas - 2 teaspoons
• • Coriander leaves (diced) - 1 tablespoon
• • Sugar - 2 teaspoons
• • Oil (for deep frying) - as required
• • Oil (for frying) - 3 tablespoons
• • Tomatoes (cut finely) - 4
• • Almonds - 1 tablespoon (optional)
• • Raisins - 1 tablespoon (optional)

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Ingredients For Masala

• • Cinnamon - 2 pieces
• • Nut megs - a little
• • Cloves - 4
• • Cardamoms - 3
• • Poppy seeds - 1 tablespoon
• • Pepper - 4
• • Curry leaves - 3 teaspoons
• • Aniseeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 5
• • Green chillies - 4
• • Ginger - 1 inch piece
• • Coriander leaves - 1 bunch
• • Salt - as required
• • Oil - 3 tablespoons

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Method

• 1. Scrape outer skin from potatoes, prick with fork, soak in salted water for 30 minutes.
• 2. Drain, wipe and deep fry in hot oil.
• 3. Keep a frying pan over fire, add 3 tablespoons of oil, fry the ground masala for few minutes in medium flame.
• 4. Add chopped tomatoes, curds and khoya, fry well till oil separates from it.
• 5. Pour 2 cups of water, sugar and boil over a low flame.
• 6. When the gravy becomes thick, add potatoes, close and keep in a low flame till the oil separates.
• 7. Garnish with coriander leaves.
• 8. Fried cashew nuts, almonds and raisins also can be added to the gravy before serving.