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Kashmiri Dum Aloo

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Traditional Kashmiri Dum Aloo recipe | How to make Kashmiri Dum Aloo with Air Fried Baby Potatoes | Creamy flavorful Kashmiri Dum Aloo recipe with Air fired Baby Potatoes
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Air frying time for Potatoes 12 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Indian, Kashmiri Cuisine

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Heavy Bottomed Pan/Kadhai
  • Air Fryer(optional)
  • Pan /Pressure Cooker to boil potatoes

Ingredients
  

  • 15-20 Baby Potatoes
  • ¼ Cup Yogurt/Curd

Whole Spices

  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1" Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 4-5 Cloves
  • 5-6 Black Peppercorns
  • 1 Black Cardamom
  • 1 Green Cardamom optional

Powdered Spices

  • 2 tsp Fennel Powder
  • 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder prefer Kashmiri Lal Mirch(Chilli Powder)
  • 1 tsp Dry Ginger Powder
  • Salt as required
  • 1.5+1 tbsp Mustard Oil

Instructions
 

  • Wash nicely and cook potatoes in a pan till half done. You can also pressure cook potatoes till one whistle. Let the pressure come down naturally.
  • Once done, keep potatoes to cool completely.
  • Then peel off the skin. You can use with skin also.
  • Prick potatoes using a tooth pick.
  • In a bowl take peeled potatoes, add 1/4 tsp of red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp salt and 1 tbsp. oil. Coat potatoes nicely in oil .
  • Air fry potatoes for 10-12 mins. This is optional, you can deep fry potatoes also.
  • Meanwhile, in a bowl add curd/yogurt, add red chilli powder(1-2 tsp or as required), fennel seeds powder, dry ginger powder and mix till yogurt is smooth.
  • Coarsely grind cloves, cardamoms and black peppercorns. Use mortar pestle.
  • Now heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cumin seeds once seeds crackle add the above coarsely ground spices. Sauté for a a few seconds.
  • Now add the yogurt mix. Keep on stirring else the mixture will curdle.
  • Now add air fried potatoes and about 1 cup water( for semi dry curry).
  • Cook till the gravy starts to thicken and coats the potatoes nicely. Once done, take off the heat.
  • Before serving garnish with fresh coriander leaves/cilantro and enjoy with bread of your choice.

To fry potatoes

  • Heat oil in a kadhai/pan, drop potatoes and fry for 3-4 mins, till potatoes turn golden brown. Keep the flame to medium.
  • Once done, take out potatoes on a paper tissue.

Notes

In place of baby potatoes, you can use regular potatoes. Cut in quarters or half as per the size of potatoes.
In place of mustard oil you can use any good plant based oil.
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