Kashmiri Dum Aloo

A quick and easy way of preparing Kashmiri Dum Aloo. It may not be the authentic way of preparing the recipe but i liked it. Its easy and a very fast recipe..... may be a few ingredients are missed out but the taste was great.. so here goes the recipe with few ingredients but yummy in taste and cooked in just 1tsp oil.... :)

Ingredients

Oil 1tsp

Dry red chillies 6 (Take dry red chillies and make a paste in the mixer with water)

Boiled Potatoes 4 (cut into pieces) (traditionally small sized potatoes are used but i had big ones)

Seasame Seeds 3tsp ( dry roast the seasame seeds and then make a paste in mixer with little water.)

Kalonji 1/2 tsp

Salt as per taste

Onion, tomato cut into rings and coriander finely chopped for garnishing.

Method

1. Boil potatoes in pressure cooker for 2 or 3 whistles. (do not make them too soft)

2. Heat oil in a vessel, add kalonji and fry for a min.

3. Then add dry chilli paste and fry for a min.

4. Add seasame seeds paste and fry for another min.

5. Add two cups of water. Let it boil for a while and then add the boiled potatoes.

6. Add salt cover and let it boil for another five min.

7. Serve hot garnished with onion, tomato and coriander with puri/ lucchi.