Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Dahi Aloo - Baby Potatoes in Spiced Yogurt Sauce

Even though I grew up in a household where each and every meal was cooked without onion and garlic and still devoured with gusto by all of us,I am eternally confused when I am required to make anything without these two.Garlic,I can live without but a day without cutting up an Onion?Difficult.
I was racking my brains as to what to cook alongside rotis on Shivrathri day when I had decided I would do away with rice and of course,onion and garlic.I remember seeing this on a tv show(or was it active cooking?) and had a faint idea how to go about it.Baby potatoes are one of my favorites and I knew one could never go wrong with potatoes.


A friend who tasted it said,it is moru curry with potatoes and I knew why it was so familiar in taste.Yes,it does taste like a North Indian's version of the Malayalee moru curry:)
Dahi Aloo


Ingredients


Baby Potatoes - 15-17
Salt to taste
Thick curd - 1 1/2 cups
Besan/Gram flour - 1 tbsp
Green chilly - 1,small
Ginger - 1/2' piece
Oil/Ghee - 2 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Hing/Asafetida - 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Haldi powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Kasoori methi - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup,chopped


Method
Wash and scrub the potatoes under running water and cook in a pressure cooker with salt for about 4-5 whistles(approximately 15 minutes).
Peel and keep aside.
Make a paste of ginger and green chilly.Mix the besan with curd and make a smooth paste.Reserve.
In a kadai add oil/ghee and splutter jeera.Lower the flame and add hing and green chilly paste.Saute for 2-3 minutes.
Now add the masala powders-red chilly,coriander,haldi and garam masala powders.
Mix in the peeled potatoes,salt to taste and the curd paste.give a good stir and let it come to a boil.
Simmer for 5-7 minutes or till the curry thickens and the sauce coats the potatoes well.
Mix in the kasoori methi and coriander leaves.
Serve with rotis or rice.



19 comments:

  1. My thoughts exactly! Its truly really difficult to cook without onion, specifically breakfast! More so when you are NOT meant to use it on a particular day:)

    I have not yet tasted potatoes in yogurt gravy, this sounds like a nice variation, got to try!

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  2. nice!a really tasty prep. .really inviting click.

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  3. Even I can't imagine without onion & garlic, which I only omit when I'm too lazy to chop :P
    My mom was incredibly patient & considerate to cook 2 styles of each sabji for meals, one with onion-garlic for us & one without for my grandparents.
    Kasoori methi in dahi aloo is new to me. And I usually dice larger potatoes to make this because I'm lazy to wash & peel each baby :D

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  4. Same is my case, normally I would prepare loads of veggies without onion or garlic but when I need to prepare something specific then I dun recollect at all.

    The dish looks delicious.

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  5. Nice easy recipe divya and that too without onions....luks really appetising....:) :) :)

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  6. yummmmmmmmy and finger licking potato recipe.

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  7. Looks so very tasty...
    when I want to cook something special.. I just cant do with out onions and garlic!!

    Very tempting pics!!

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  8. Looks so tempting, potato and curd combination cant go wrong at all. I should say you have lot of patience, elaborate stepwise love it :)

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  9. Flavorful looking curry. Love to dunk in some hot rotis right away. YUM!

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  10. Yes this tastes kind of like our moru curry. Love the flavors!

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  11. Amazing curry dear.. Once I made these, in the form of moru curry. Instead of cucumber pieces I added potatoes.

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  12. i love baby potatoes, they always make a dish look very fancy. i dont think i can cook without onions & garlic, they are my two fav! but when u add other spices to the curry im sure the onions wont be missed... the dahi aloo looks fantastic!

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  13. delicious...

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  14. Love simple and quick curries like this one. Difficult to imagine a day without onion and garlic. And Divya loooved that apple crumb cake. Had tasted one that Ria made. This one looks awesome! Will surely try it.

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  15. Every time I get small aloos, I think I have to make something new but always end up making my fav roast with them. I've got to make this recipe of yours. sooon..

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