Kashmiri Dum Aloo - Icc

The recipe chosen for this month challenge in Indian cooking challenge by Srivalli is kashmiri Dum Aloo

Ingredients needed :

• Baby Potatoes - 1/2 kg.
• Salt
• Oil

to marinate :

• Curd - 2 cups
• Jeera powder
• Kashmiri red chilli powder
• Garam Masala powder
• fennel seeds powder
• Ginger powder

to temper :

• cloves
• Hing powder

Method :

Wash and clean potatoes and prick it with fork all over and soak it in water by adding little salt for 20 mins ...heat a kadai , add oil and deep fry these potatoes till they turn into golden brown colour ...and drain the excess oil and keep it ready ..In a bowl add curd + salt + all the ingredients given under to marinate and mix it well ...then add the deep fried potatoes and keep it aside...In a kadai heat little oil and add cloves + hing powder and add the marinated potatoes ..and allow it to cook well ..for the dum method ...seal the edges of the kadai with the dough and cook on a low flame for 15 mins ...

Ps: 

the baby potatoes , which I got was bit big in size so had to cut into half or 4 pieces and use it ...The actual recp. asks for tempering with mustard oil ...I used the ord. cooking oil ..