Dum Aloo Recipe | Bengali Special Niramish Aloo Dum

 These Niramish Alu'r dom is representing Bengali image & culture. This popular classic niramish dish of little sweet and spicy curried potatoes, commonly known as 'aloo dum' or 'dum aloo'. This dish very famous in between puja time or winter time when new baby potatoes are harvested. This dish best enjoys with "korai sutir kachori" or "pulao" or "Bengali fried rice". This simple recipe makes no use of Onion & garlic.



Dum Aloo Recipe | Bengali Special Niramish Aloo Dum


Cooking time : 40minutes


serving  : 5 persons



Ingredients:

Potatoes - 500gm

Green peas blanched - 50gm

Mustard oil - 60gm

Dried red chillies - 2 pcs

Bay leaves - 2 pcs

Cloves - 2 pcs

Cardamom - 2pcs

Cumin seed - 1.1/2 tsp

Cinnamon - 1 small stick

Turmeric powder - 1.1/2 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1tsp

Cumin powder - 1tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger paste - 1.1/2 tbsp

Green chilli paste - 1tbsp

Sugar - 1tbsp

Tomato red - 1pcs 

Tomato ketchup - 2tbsp

Cashew nuts - 30gm

melon seeds - 20gm

Kasuri methi dried - 1/2tsp

Fresh cream - 20gm

Salt - to taste

Kismis/raisin - 5gm

Garam masala powder - 1/2tsp

Ghee - 3tbsp

Hot water - 200ml

Lemon juice - 1tbsp



Cooking Method :


  • First Wash the potatoes and cut them into 1/4 each pcs. or you can use the whole potatoes.



  • Now fry them in mustard oil for few minutes until light golden brown.



  • Keep aside the fried potatoes. now make a paste of water-soaked cashew nuts, melon seed & raisins with added water, after getting the nutty paste, keep aside the paste.



  • Now make a paste of tomato as well as keep aside the all pastes for later use.


  • Now take that same oil where potatoes are fried, turn on the gas flame, temper dried red chilli, cumin seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, for few seconds when the crackling sounds come add turmeric, Kashmiri red chilli powder, cumin & coriander powder.
    Tempering the whole garam masala & cumin seed




  • Sauté well until oil leaves from the spices, do at medium flame.



  • Now add ginger paste and green chilli paste and tomato ketchup now sauté well for 2 or 3 minutes.
    sauté green chilli paste & ginger paste into spice & oil




  • After sautéing the spices very well add cashew, melon seed and raisin paste into the masala. sauté for 5 minutes.



  • Now add salt, sugar,  & raw Tomato paste and lemon juice.



  • Now sauté for 5 minutes and add fried potatoes into the spice masala.



  • keep sautéing them for 10 minutes at medium-high flame.



  • Add blanched green peas optional, continue sutéing for few minutes.


  • Now add garam masala powder & hot water into the masala, cover with lid & simmer for 15 minutes.
    Simmering aloo dum



  •  Stir frequently until get smooth & reach gravy.



  • When you see the gravy little dries out, add Ghee into the Alur dom.



  • Finish with fresh cream and dried Kasuri methi just mix them in low flame for 20 seconds.




  • Move away the Alur dom from flame.




  •  Your Bengali alu'r dom or Dum aloo niramish is ready to serve with korai sutir kochri or Misti polao or Bengali fried rice.





Hope this niramish Bengali alu'r dom recipe you like. This is a very good recipe, which you should definitely try at home. This Bengali recipe best enjoys with pulao or korai sutir kochuri. Try this and feel the delicacy of Bengali cuisine. Any questions about this recipe please let me know in the comment section below. and try my another Bengali recipe by Click here.