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Dum Aloo-Dum Aloo recipe-How to prepare Dum Aloo

April 6, 2011 by PadhuSankar 45 Comments

Dum aloo or aloo dum is a very popular dish prepared with baby potatoes.There are many ways of preparing dum aloo. I have prepared it in Punjabi style. It is very simple to prepare and tastes delicious. My children love this dish with chapati and all flavored rice. Today we will learn how to make Dum Aloo following this easy recipe.

Dum Aloo-How to make dum aloo

Dum Aloo-How to make Dum Aloo


Dum Aloo

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 30 mins 
 Serves: 3-4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish-Potato
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Baby potatoes -15-20 very small potatoes
   Onion – 2 medium size or 1 cup finely chopped
   Tomatoes – 3 big and juicy ones (I used Bangalore tomatoes)
   Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
   Salt as required
   Cashew nuts -5 (optional)

   Oil for shallow frying potatoes

   Spice Powder

   Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
   Chilli powder – 3/4 tsp
   Coriander powder – 2 tsp
   Cumin powder -3/4 tsp
   Garam masala powder-1 tsp

   For the Seasoning

   Oil/Butter – 2 tbsp
   Bay leaf -1
   Jeera/Cumin seeds -1 tsp

   For Garnishing

   Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped
   Julienne ginger (1 inch ginger cut into thin strips)
   Cream – 2 tbsp (optional)

Preparation

Parboil the potatoes (cook partially). Peel the skin, prick all over with a fork and shallow fry it till golden brown. Keep it aside. I used more than 15 potatoes as my potatoes were very small.

Puree the tomatoes and keep it aside. You can also blanch tomatoes and then puree it. Check out how to blanch tomatoes.

Soak cashew nuts in hot water and grind it to a fine paste. This is added to give richness to the gravy.

Method 


Heat oil/butter in a pan, add bay leaf, cumin seeds (jeera), when it sizzles, add finely chopped onions and saute until onions turn brown. Continuous stirring is required. You can add a little salt to speed up the process.

preparation for making dum aloo

Then add ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes.

frying onions

Add tomato puree, all the spice powder, salt needed and saute until tomatoes turn mushy and oil separates. You should not add water without cooking the tomatoes properly.

preparing dum aloo

Add cashew nut paste and cook for a few more minutes.

how to prepare dum aloo

Then add the shallow fried potatoes, 3/4 cup of water and cook covered for 6-10 minutes on low heat.

Add cream (amul cream or dairy cream) if preferred.

dum aloo-punjabi style

Garnish it with coriander leaves and thinly sliced ginger.

Enjoy it hot with rotis,chapati, parathas, plain rice or any pulao (without tomato base).

Dum Aloo recipe
More Potato recipes

Potato Curry (South Indian style)

Aloo matar gravy

Aloo gobhi

Aloo Palak

Baby Potato fry

Potato Gravy

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Comments

  1. asiya omar

    April 7, 2011 at 2:38 am

    simply superb..

    Reply
  2. Rani acharyulu

    April 7, 2011 at 3:00 am

    Wow,Delicious aloo dum.So tempting….

    Reply
  3. Swathi

    April 7, 2011 at 3:08 am

    Dum aloo looks dleicious. Potato bird looks cute.

    Reply
  4. Nandini

    April 7, 2011 at 3:40 am

    Lovely dish…My kids' favorite. Cute presentation:))

    Reply
  5. Saraswathi Iyer

    April 7, 2011 at 4:04 am

    Looks delicious and cute potato bird. why dont u send to create n carve event.

    Reply
  6. Santosh Bangar

    April 7, 2011 at 4:10 am

    excellent gr8 recipe

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  7. Priti

    April 7, 2011 at 5:00 am

    Dum aloo looks delish…n love tht little birdy 🙂

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  8. Reshmi Mahesh

    April 7, 2011 at 5:35 am

    Superb recipe…

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  9. Sunanda

    April 7, 2011 at 5:54 am

    Unique presentation dear, I appreciate it..looks delicious..

    Reply
  10. Chandrani Banerjee

    April 7, 2011 at 6:16 am

    Dum aloo looks so delicious and spicy.

    Reply
  11. Raji

    April 7, 2011 at 6:24 am

    Yummilicous treat…very beautiful carvings.

    Reply
  12. Zareena

    April 7, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Lovely padhu. I loved your version. The potato birdie is so cute..

    Reply
  13. Suman Singh

    April 7, 2011 at 10:10 am

    Oh, this looks and sounds yummy to me…nice recipe..thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  14. Prathima Rao

    April 7, 2011 at 10:15 am

    Looks delicious Padhu…The gravy is mouthwatering!! Love the little bird too 😉
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  15. sonu

    April 7, 2011 at 10:42 am

    looks superb…also liked the cute little potato sparrow 🙂

    Reply
  16. Ms.Chitchat

    April 7, 2011 at 11:32 am

    Tasty looking sabji, alu bird is so cute,thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  17. GEETHA ACHAL

    April 7, 2011 at 11:34 am

    Little birdy look so cute as your dish…thanks for sharing wonderful recipe with us…

    Reply
  18. Ramya

    April 7, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Superb…looks really delicious

    Reply
  19. jeyashrisuresh

    April 7, 2011 at 1:06 pm

    very yummy recipe. love the potato bird

    Reply
  20. Vimitha Anand

    April 7, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    Any time favorite… Thats a very lovely bird…

    Reply
  21. SravsCulinaryConcepts

    April 7, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    wow very tempting and inviting dum aloo !! Loved the texture and cute little bird !!

    Reply
  22. Tina

    April 7, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    spicy n yummyyy..

    Reply
  23. Sensible Vegetarian

    April 7, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    This looks so good, delicious and yummy.

    Reply
  24. Suja Sugathan

    April 7, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    Spicy and delicious,perfect with rotis.

    Reply
  25. Sarah Naveen

    April 7, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    cute presentation as always..looks so yumm!!

    Reply
  26. R

    April 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    awesome recipe padhu! the birdie is super cute too!

    Reply
  27. S.Menaga

    April 7, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    simple & lovely dish!! cute presentation..

    Reply
  28. Free

    April 7, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    This looks good! I just have to pick up some turmeric! Thanks for commenting on my blog (yummychunklet.wordpress.com). I've added yours to my Google Reader and look forward to reading your future posts!

    Reply
  29. Madhu

    April 7, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    My favorite recipe with fried rice 🙂

    Reply
  30. Sonali Pradhan

    April 7, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    wow…dum aloo…this dsih is one of my all time favorites !you have made it so well…looks so spicy and delicious !

    http://onlyfishrecipes.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  31. Mom Chef

    April 8, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Slurp 🙂 Thanks for ur comment on my post on BB#4, and happy to follow u.. lovely space, first time here !

    Reply
  32. alwayswinner786

    April 8, 2011 at 11:06 am

    Delicious dum aloo, one of my favorite and love the little bird….. too cute… Padhu!

    Reply
  33. An Open Book

    April 8, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    that lil birdie is so sweet.
    I love dum aloo…havent tried it in a long time though

    Reply
  34. Sushma

    April 8, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Hi, You have a nice space here. Thanks for visiting my space. Dum Aloo looks yum..Love the potato birdy touch 🙂
    http://recipes4mydaughter.blogspot.com

    Reply
  35. Latha

    April 8, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    Dum aloo looks awesome and love that little bird.

    Reply
  36. Kairali sisters

    April 9, 2011 at 12:35 am

    I always order this i n restaurants now i can make myself…Love it

    Reply
  37. schmetterlingwords

    April 9, 2011 at 9:50 am

    Lovely Dum Aloo… Your vegetable Carving Skills are amazing… Keep rocking.. 🙂

    Reply
  38. Ambreen

    April 9, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Wow! this looks so good! Thanks for sharing. And your potato bird looks so cute 🙂

    Reply
  39. Biny Anoop

    April 9, 2011 at 10:26 pm

    everythg abt the post is fab….i love the recipe,clicks and the birdie

    Reply
  40. SuReShTalasta

    August 29, 2013 at 3:31 am

    Superb reciepe.. I love your way of explaining with steps and pics…Thanks for that..

    Reply
  41. Gosia

    November 11, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    I love your cooking! Nice recipe!

    Reply
  42. anu

    July 6, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    Sounds delicious. Can I make it with ordinary big potatoes?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      July 7, 2016 at 6:42 am

      Yes, you can use ordinary big potatoes. You can par boil the potatoes, cut them into medium pieces and use it.

      Reply
  43. anu

    July 7, 2016 at 1:21 pm

    Ok, thanku!

    Reply
  44. Padu

    March 5, 2018 at 9:11 am

    Surprised my wife with this dish, She loved it. Upset though that I had not made rotis to go along with it. But that story on another day. This page is about dum aaloo and i will restrict to it.It was whooping success.

    Reply

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