Aloo Dhum Recipe

This is another recipe for All Dum / Dum Aloo . You can see the earlier recipe for Dum Aloo . Anyway you make Aloo Dum or Dum Aloo is a very tasty side dish  and goes very well with Chappathies / Rotis.

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Ingredients needed for Aloo Dhum Recipe
1/2 kilo small sized baby potatoes,
2 tbsps Ghee
2 - 3 red chillies
1/2 tsp jeera / cumin seeds
1 cup chopped onions
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 dst sp dhaniya powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp sugar
1" piece ginger
1/2 cup tomato chopped
3 cups water
salt to taste

How to prepare Aloo Dhum
Clean, boil and peel small potatoes, cut into quarters if they are bigger,  keep aside.
Heat ghee in a fry pan, splutter jeera and  and the whole red chillies.
Add chopped onions and saute till they are golden.
Once the onions are fried add chilli powder, Dhaniya powder, Garam masala and sugar. Mix well
Pnce the raw smell goes add potatoes and chopped ginger. Keep stirring at least for 5 minutes.
Then add chopped tomatoes, water to the pan.
Cover and simmer after the gravy starts boiling till the gravy thickens and the potatoes come out nicely coated with the gravy.