Aloo dum recipe

Recipe ingredients

10 small potatoes
2 medium sized onions
2 to 3 tablespoons shredded coconut
A small piece of ginger
4 to 5 green chilles
2 to 3 cardammom pods
1/2 cup yoghurt
1 teaspoon garam masala powder
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
2 1/2 teaspoons dhania, coriander, powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying the potatoes
2 tablespoons cooking oil or ghee (clarified butter)

How to make aloo dum

Boil the potatoes.
Peel them and prick the potatoes with a fork.
Fry the potatoes in hot oil till they turn slightly brown.
Drain and set aside.
Heat oil in a shallow pan and fry the onions to light brown.
Grind the coconut, poppy seeds, cardamon, ginger and green chillies to a paste.
Add the paste to the onions.
Fry till the oil seperates.
Add chilli powder, cumin powder and dhania powder and stir fry for 5 minutes.
Add the yoghurt, salt and the fried potatoes.
Add enough water to cover the potatoes and simmer till the gravy is thick for about 10 minutes.