Dum Aloo

This year i tried growing potato for the very first time and i have a small balcony garden so grow everything in pots .Sowed the seeds in early spring and now by summer it produced some small cute potatoes for us.

When i saw the baby potatoes the first dish that came to my mind is Dum Aloo.

Baby Potato - 10 - 12

Curd - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1/4 cup chopped fine

Tomato - 1/4 cup

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Chilli Pw - 1 tsp

Coriander Pw - 1 tsp

Dry Ginger Pw -1/2 tsp

Fennel Pw -1/2 tsp

Garam masala -1/4 tsp

Honey -1/2 tsp

Hing -1/4 tsp

Bay Leaf -1 big

Oil -11/2 tbsp and also to deep fry

Salt to taste

Cliantro - 1 tbsp finely chopped

1. Clean and peel the skin of potato and prick with fork and leave in salted water for half an hour and then deep fry and keep aside.

2. If you want to avoid deep frying boil the potato and then peel and prick it with fork and drop them in salted water for half an hour.

3. Grind onion and tomato together to a paste.

4. Mix curd,honey,salt,chilli,coriander ,turmeric,garam masala,ginger and fennel powder.

5. Heat oil and add hing and bay leaf to it.

6. Add onion tomato paste and cook till oil separates.

7. Lower the flame and add curd masala mix and cook till oil floats on top.

8. Add the potato and cup of water and let every thing simmer till the gravy reaches the required consistency.

9. Remove from heat and add finely chopped coriander leaves and serve.