Uttar Pradesh

Banarasi dum aloo

Name: Banarasi dum aloo
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh
Ingredients: 500 g baby potatoes boiled and peeled potato; 2 tbsp for frying cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 1/2 tbsp ghee; 1 tsp cumin seeds; a pinch asafoetida; Whole spices, bay leaf, cardamom, cloves; 4 medium pureed tomato; 3 tbsp soaked cashews; 1 inch ground ginger; 1 green chilli; 1 1/4 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 2 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1/4 cup whisked curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1 tsp sugar; Salt, to taste; Coriander leaves (cilantro), chopped

Baby potatoes in a rich, mildly sweet tomato cashew gravy, no onion or garlic. Varanasi's festive aloo.

50 minTime

6 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Classic Banarasi dum aloo.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Potato500 g baby potatoes, boiled and peeled

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp, for frying

Ghee1½ tbsp

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Asafoetidaa pinch

Whole spicesbay leaf, cardamom, cloves

Tomato4 medium, pureed

Cashews3 tbsp, soaked

Ginger2.5 cm, ground

Green chilli1

Kashmiri chilli powder1¼ tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)2 tsp

Garam masala½ tsp

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¼ cup, whisked

Sugar1 tsp

Saltto taste

Coriander leaves (cilantro)chopped

Method

4 steps

1Prick the boiled baby potatoes with a fork and shallow fry until golden.
2Heat ghee, add cumin, asafoetida and whole spices, then ginger and green chilli.
3Add tomato puree, cashew paste and powders. Cook until ghee separates. Lower heat, stir in curd.
4Add the potatoes, sugar, salt and a splash of water. Cover and cook on very low heat for 10 minutes. Finish with garam masala and coriander.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

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