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Bengali Aloor Dom | Alu Dum | Spicy Potato Curry

September 27, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments

Bengali Aloor Dom |  Alu Dum | Spicy Potato Curry
Today's recipe is Bengali Aloo Dom. Bengali loves Aloo or Potatoes.  We love potatoes in most of the curry. Today's recipe is a typical Bengali potato curry recipe called Aloo'r Dom. Aloo'r dom is a spicy potato curry. Traditionally we deep fry potatoes then cook in the gravy but today I just shallow fried those potatoes (you can bake them). Bengali Aloo'r dom is served with different kinds of bread like Luchi, Paratha, Roti etc.

Ingredients:
Baby Potatoes 1 kg.
Thinly Sliced Onion 2
Finely Chopped Tomatoes 2
Ginger & Garlic Paste 2 tbsp.
reen Chillies 2
Turmeric powder 1 tbsp.
Red chilli powder 1 tsp.
Cumin powder 1 tsp.
Coriander powder 1 tsp.
Garam Masala powder 1/4th tsp.
Cumin Seed 1 tsp.
Bay leaves 2
Dry red chillies 2
Mustard Oil
Salt & Sugar to taste
Method:

1. Peel potatoes. Add some salt and some turmeric powder. Rub those potatoes with it.
2. Deep fry or shallow fry those potatoes.
3. Add some  mustard oil and temper with cumin seed, bay leaves, dry red chilies. Let them splutter a bit.
4. Then add thinly sliced onion and some salt. Fry them until that get caramelized.
5. Then add green chilies and ginger garlic paste. Cover and cook for 2 minutes or until the raw smell goes away.
6. Then add turmeric powder and satutee it for 1 minute.
7. The add remaining spices- red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and sugar and mix it. Cover and cook until the oil seperate from the sides.
8. Then add chopped tomatoes and cook it until the tomatoes melt with the gravy.
9. Now add fried potatotes and mix with gravy. 
10. Add some water and cover and cook fo 15-20 minutes until your potatoes are fully cooked.
11. After cooking and some garam masala powder and turn off thestove.
12. Serve this aloo'r dom with any type of bread or rice.