New potatoes in yogurt sauce

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook: 300 Classic Recipes from the Great Regions of India

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

  • About

Dum Aloo is a rich side dish, which can also be served as a main course with any Indian bread. The final cooking is done using the dum (steam cooking) method, which involves tightly sealing the pan with foil and a lid and cooking over a very low heat.

Ingredients

  • 15 ml/1 tbsp white poppy seeds
  • 60 ml/4

Method

  1. Grind the poppy seeds in a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle and set aside. In a heavy pan, heat the oil over a medium heat and fry the potatoes in two batches until well browned. Drain on kitchen paper.

  2. When cool enough to handle, pri