Dum maro dum.......

No I did not watch Dev Anand's flick or taken to smoking pot!! Made dum aloo for today's dinner :-) That's all.

Dum Aloo and chapatis

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Dum Aloo

10 baby potatoes boiled and peeled

3 onions ground to a paste

4 tomatoes ground to a paste

1 tblsp ginger garlic paste

3 tbsps of khus paste (soak the poppy seeds in hot water 30 mins prior to grinding them to a fine paste)

1 tsp of shah jeera

1 tsp turmeric pd

1 tsp garam masala pd

Chilli pd, salt to taste

Coriander leaves chopped for garnish

Saute the boiled potatoes whole in a shallow pan with a little oil till they turn brown on all sides. Remove and keep. Heat oil in a pan, add the shah jeera and wait for them to splutter. Now add the ground onion paste and fry till it turns pink. Now add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the mixture in the pan turns light brown. Now add the tomato paste and all the spice powders. Fry till the oil leaves the mixture. Add the khus paste and fry till the raw smell is no more. Now add the potatoes and a cup of water and cover and simmer for 5 mins. Garnish with coriander leaves.

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Sayonara! Till tomorrow.....