Name: New potatoes in yogurt sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 5 ml/1 tsp ground cumin; 2.5 ml/½ tsp garam masala; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste; Indian bread, to serve; 60 ml/4 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 15 ml/1 tbsp white poppy seeds; 5 ml/1 tsp ginger purée; 75 g/3 oz/⅓ cup full-fat (whole) natural (plain) yogurt; 1 large onion, finely sliced; 2.5–5ml/½–1 tsp chilli powder; 675 g/1½lb new potatoes, par-boiled and peeled; 5 ml/1 tsp ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

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

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.
When cool enough to handle, pri