Dum Aloo / Baby Potatoes in Spicy Yogurt Gravy

Ingredients

6 or 7 baby potatoes
2 medium onions
1 inch ginger
4 garlic cloves
5 green chillies
2 medium tomatoes
3/4 tsp cumin seeds
3/4 tsp fennel seeds
1 bay leaf
1 small cinnamon stick
3 cloves
1/4 tsp asafoetida
11/2 tsp red chilli powder
11/2 tsp kashmiri chilly powder
11/4 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp + 1 pinch turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
5 tbsp yogurt
1/2 tsp sugar
salt to taste
Oil as required
3/4 cup water
3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves




Preparation

1. Wash the potatoes and boil the potatoes in water until they are partially cooked. Peel the skin off and keep aside.
(Do not over cook the potatoes. But they have to be soft enough let a fork half way through)

2. Grind the onions,ginger, garlic and green chillies to a smooth paste and keep aside. Also, grind the tomatoes to a smooth paste separately and keep aside.

3. Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and salt to it. Shallow fry the baby potatoes until they turn golden brown in color. Drain the potatoes and keep aside.
(Prick the potatoes all over with a fork before shallow frying which will help the potatoes to absorb the spices)

4. In the same pan, add some more oil if needed and heat. Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, asafoetida , cinnamon stick, coves and bay leaf. Saute for 2 minute in low heat.

5. Now add the onion paste to this and saute in medium heat until it turns golden brown.

6. To this add the red chilli powder, kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder,garam masala and salt. Mix well and saute for 5 minutes.

7. To this add the tomato paste and mix well. Saute for another 7-8 minutes or until the raw taste of tomato goes off.

8. To this, add the fried baby potatoes and mix well. (Be careful not to break the potatoes while mixing)

9. Now add the yogurt,water and sugar to this and mix well. Add salt if needed.Cook in medium flame until the gravy becomes thicker.

10. Add chopped coriander leaves to this and turn off the heat.

The spicy dum aloo is ready to serve. It goes well with rice or any indian bread.