Dum Aloo

By shriya on Mar 5, 2008 in Featured, Veggie Entrees & Sides | Print This

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Dum Aloo

Its one of the popular north Indian recipes. Its usually cooked under pressure so the potatoes get soaked in the gravy and so the name Dum (pressure in Hindi) in dum aloo. This is the first time I am making this recipe and it came out very good. I used to make chapathi alternate days so today when I was thinking of making it I was out of side dish ideas. I find it pretty hard to make different variety of side dishes for chapathi. I love potatoes in any form and I had lot of small potatoes sitting in my pantry, which has to be the easy to cook vegetable and finally made up my mind to make dum aloo.

This recipe goes to Sia of Monsoonspice for her Ode to Potato Event.

Ingredients:

Small red potatoes : 3 (If you use baby potatoes use 5 of ‘em)
Oil : 2 tbsp
Onion : 1 (Medium)
Tomato : 1
Curry leaves : 3 to 4
Ginger & Garlic paste : 1 tbsp
Yogurt : 1 cup
Milk : 1/4 cup
Red chili powder : 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder : 1/4 tsp
salt : required to taste

For Masala :

cinnamon : 1 “
Black Pepper : 6
Cardamom : 3
Cloves : 3
Coriander seeds : 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp

Dum Aloo

Method of Preparation :

Peel the potatoes and cut in to two halves and prick them.
Heat 2 tsp of oil in a large pan and just shallow fry the potatoes till it becomes light golden brown color and keep them aside.
Now grind all the masala ingredients into a coarse powder and keep them aside.
Heat the remaining oil in a pressure cooker add bay leaves, onions & curry leaves and fry them till it becomes translucent .
After that add ginger and garlic paste mix it well and fry them till the raw smell goes off.
Now add the ground masala(If the masala is more than 2 tbsp don’t add all of ‘em jsut add 2 tbsp) and fry them for a little bit , let say like 4 minutes.
And add red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt mix it all together and fry the for 3 minutes.
Now pour the milk to make gravy followed by adding yoghurt. Keep stirring continuously.
Add the tomatoes and pricked potatoes in to this gravy and close the lid of the pressure cooker.
Pressure cook for one whistle in medium heat.
Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Dum Aloo

Serve it hot with chapathi, paratha.

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57 Responses to “Dum Aloo”

Daily Meals March 5th, 2008, 1:59 pm

Nice recipe! It’s one of my favorite dishes.
Happy Cook March 5th, 2008, 2:38 pm

Yummy. I have bookmarked the recipe to make them.
Look so delicious.
dhivya March 5th, 2008, 3:28 pm

yummy entry shriya..
Srivalli March 5th, 2008, 4:36 pm

wow…that looks really very yummy…the picture has come out real good..thanks
Ramya's Mane Adige March 5th, 2008, 4:39 pm

oh wow!!! Sounds and looks really good! Will try it out and let you know….. thanx
Uma March 5th, 2008, 5:22 pm

they look so mouth-watering Shriya! Lovely entry.
sagari March 5th, 2008, 5:25 pm

bookmarked ,very nice recipe shriya
Kalai March 5th, 2008, 7:17 pm

Looks amazing, Shriya! My husband’s been asking me to make this, so am bookmarking your recipe!
AnuSriram March 5th, 2008, 8:04 pm

Looks wonderful… Gr8 photo of a mouthwatering recipe..
Annu March 5th, 2008, 8:47 pm

Hi sri,thats a wonderful entry.I like aloo…Will try this one day.

Even I am devotee of sai baba,think me and your sister are great:-)
shriya March 5th, 2008, 9:38 pm

yeah daily meals, it becomes one of my fav too now.

Thanks HC if you try this let me know how it turned out.

Thanks for your kind comments dhivya, srivalli,sagari, Uma.
Welcome to our blog anusriram. thanks for lovely comment.

yeahh annu the pic was amazing. thanks for your comment.

If you try this let me know kalai .
Thanks ramya for your comments .
Mona March 5th, 2008, 11:07 pm

That looks so very tasty! Comfort Food!!
Mansi March 5th, 2008, 11:11 pm

That looks tasty Shriya! we love this and make it often…This was one of my early recipes posted on my blog:)
shriya March 6th, 2008, 12:23 am

Thanks for your lovely comment Mona.

I love it too. I’ll take a look at your recipe for dum aloo mansi. Thanks for your comments.
Pooja V March 6th, 2008, 5:39 pm

Sounds execellent. Loved it. Thanks shriya for sharing such a wonderful recipe.
Aparna March 6th, 2008, 6:04 pm

Hi,
Just came across your blog.
This looks good and incidentally is a favourite way to cook a favourite vegetable.
shriya March 7th, 2008, 4:04 am

Thanks pooja.

Welcome to our blog Aparna.
Meera March 7th, 2008, 4:13 am

That looks so tempting. Lovely entry.
vandana March 7th, 2008, 4:44 am

Lovely recipe…Yummy dum aloo. The potato is a truly versatile vegetable must say.
Would u be able to forward me your email id as there is a recipe exchange link that I would like to forward to you.
regards
Pravs March 7th, 2008, 5:02 am

Dum aloo looks delicious. Love the deep brown color.
Seena March 7th, 2008, 6:14 am

Really nice entry. Love everything with potatoes..
bee March 7th, 2008, 8:15 am

whenever i add yogurt to a gravy, it splits. your looks lovely.
shriya March 7th, 2008, 3:27 pm

Thank you Meera.

Vandana, pravs and bee Welcome to Spicytasty.

Vandana thanks for your nice comments and sure I’ll forward our email id and would love to be in that chain.

Thanks for your comments pravs.

Thanks seena.

If you beat the yogurt very well. It won’t split in the gravy.
Lavanya March 7th, 2008, 6:08 pm

shriya..i have bought baby aloo’s just to try out this fabulous recipe….
shriya March 7th, 2008, 10:17 pm

lavi Let me know how it turned out.
Vani March 8th, 2008, 3:25 am

First time here. Love your recipes! Am bookmarking this one - dum aloo looks delish!
shriya March 9th, 2008, 10:22 pm

Thanks for visting our blog vani.
meeso March 10th, 2008, 8:36 pm

This is one of my favorite dishes and I have not made it in awhile, I am glad you reminded me with the delicious looking pictures and recipe
Lavanya March 11th, 2008, 5:03 pm

shriya..i tried it dear..it tasted so good..i liked it a lot..thanks for sharing.
shriya March 11th, 2008, 8:28 pm

Yeah It’s my fav too meeso. thanks for your nice words.

Hope you liked it lavi. Thanks for tryin it out.
Rama March 18th, 2008, 5:17 pm

First time here.Nice blog…..
swati March 28th, 2008, 9:16 am

hey … your page rocks… iam just a bachcha into it…
Tina April 4th, 2008, 2:44 am

Hi…This recipe looks so delicious…I was looking for one good Aloo Dum recipe and today i got it….Has anyone tried this???
Meeso April 18th, 2008, 5:54 pm

I tried this dish the other day and it turned out perfect! I am going to post a picture and link to your blog
shriya April 24th, 2008, 9:57 pm

Meeso Its so nice of you to try this recipe , I am glad you liked it.
biji May 11th, 2008, 9:37 am

Hi dear.

I did try out that Chicken curry recipe by you. It turned out to be really yummy. My husband was all praises for me..lol!!

Well…kitchen is not my fav spot to be, but really that day the end result of my chicken was like really surprising..lol

And u know wat.. today i plan on trying out the dum aloo by you.. well, hope this too becomes my husband’s fav.

Anyways.. felt like i should thank you for ur recipe… hope to see more and more of ur dishes here…(my help resort!!!).. simple ones though..lol.. i am a bit lazy u seee..haa.a.

Have a nice day!!
mr aloowala May 13th, 2008, 6:56 am

according to the indian aloo book, a nobleman once said: and all indians ever since became the worshippers of aloo.

oh aloo, how nice are you. tasty and cook in hasty. fast and good at last. aloo day all the way, do not dismay and eat with chapatay, olay olay.
Kavitha October 30th, 2008, 2:09 am

This recipe turned out just great!!….tried it today…my kids were left finger smacking!!!…thanks for this lovely recipe…
Surya November 14th, 2008, 11:45 pm

Thanks for the recipe. I am going to try this weekend.
Alucard February 1st, 2009, 12:20 pm

Thanks for the recipe. I needed it for a Home Economics project. I appreciate your efforts.
Fahitha February 22nd, 2009, 10:51 am

Hi shriya, all of good receipes, its mouth watering by seeing all the receipes with the photo,have downloaded all the receipes which you have entered, nd willl try asap.looking ahead for sme mre spicy receipes….

Thanks
Fahitha
Aniket March 4th, 2009, 2:38 am

Hi Shriya
I tried ur Dum Allo Recipe.. it was my first time. It was very delicious. my roomies liked it very much..
thanks for uploading the recipe.
Njoy..
Punam March 6th, 2009, 4:38 pm

Hi Shriya,

Thanks for teh receipe.. comfort food demystified :)..
rAJ March 8th, 2009, 11:01 am

HEY I JUST TRIED THIS TODAY…ITS YUMMY…THANKS SHRIYA…THAT WAS WONDERFUL….THATS NOT ONLY LOOKED GOOD LIKE YOU BUT ALSO TASTED FANTASTIC….rAJ
Anu March 9th, 2009, 10:10 pm

Your dum aloo looks absolutely yummy. First time here on your blog. Very well organized and presented. Loved browsing through your recipes…

I have posted my version of Dum Aloo in my blog My Scrawls. Do have a look at it when you get time. Would be happy to receive your comments…
Vaibhav April 18th, 2009, 6:35 am

tried just now…absolutely perfect….thanx a lot
eric May 7th, 2009, 7:59 am

Awesome, this has been a fav of mine too. i like it extra spicy so I added 20% more dry spice and another half onion. Ummm baby…yummy in my tummy. Thank you for this fab. post
Mexsa Vijay July 22nd, 2009, 12:35 am

Yummy recipie Shriya! Loved it…. I twisted it a little by adding some garam masala….. Tasted awesome with parathas
Meena August 27th, 2009, 7:13 pm

Hey Shriya,

This Dish is Awesome….i just tried it looks superb..taste is too gud.thanx a lot…let me know some more northindian dishes like this.Thanks!
Parth September 13th, 2009, 5:04 am

Very nice..I tried my home…everyone loves it, i twisted this recipe by adding kasurimethi, but taste yummy
leela September 23rd, 2009, 5:15 pm

hai shriya,
ur receipe for aloo dum is too good .
we all in my house liked it and u know what i make it quite regularly
thanks a lot
i sure got appreciation for that i am sending all those to you.
u tc
regards
leela
Sadhana October 25th, 2009, 6:46 am

Shriya….U r rocking…..I tried Dum Aloo this afternoon and it was very nice and my husband liked it very much…. Juz few weeks ago, I found out ur website and I am visiting it regularly now….going to try out all ur recipes… Ur hubby is really very lucky…God bless you….
nisruti December 10th, 2009, 9:32 am

shriya ,, this dumaloo recipe is verygood , I tried it today . To my surprise my husband liked it very much too (usually he wont taste my new recipes!!!). Thanks shriya.
Anand January 19th, 2010, 6:57 pm

I must be the only guy who has replied to this blog.
Nice recipe. But i did not get the same amount of gravy thats posted in the picture nor the same kinda color. It tasted awesome though. My romies loved it. Just wanted to know how i could increase the gravy quantity.
manadhii January 23rd, 2010, 8:37 am

Hi shriyaji…….
This is Manadhii…..
I like very much Alooooo .. if this dum aloooo oho very much to like this…i tried this and my family members are so shocked…why because i cooked first…just u r my guru for this Dum aloo…..
Chaitanya February 5th, 2010, 2:05 pm

Hi Shriya.. I have just tried u r dum aloo today for lunch and it turned out to be perfect..thanks for ur recipe..but i have a small concern..i did not have much gravy in the curry..can u pls let me know to get more gravy just like ur curry in the pic u posted..