I ma too much fond of curd. I can have curd in any form…lassi, chaas or in a curry. Medically the doctors suggest to have curd more than the milk. It’s good for our immunity system as well. In summers curd has to be my part of meal every day. It keep my stomach and digestive system cool and mostly protects me from falling ill. One such amazing yogurt curry is Dahi Wale Aloo… a common dish in Punjab and Northern region of India. Boiled potato chunks cooked in a thick creamt yogurt curry gives a blast to your palate.
The curry can be enjoyed with steamed rice or chapatis. I had an opportunity to have this first at one of my Punjabi family friend. The only fuss is to boil the potatoes. But if you have boiled potatoes ready in hand then this dish is a rescue for the sudden guest arrival. It;s quick and easy, best part is that it doesn’t require any complicated ingredients. Just few handful of ingredients and you are done. So let us proceed to check the ingredient required and also the method to cook this delectable curry – Dahi wale Aloo !
Prep Time | 30 minutes |
Cook Time | 15 minutes |
Servings |
helping
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- 4 Potatoes (medium)
- 1 1/2 cups curd Fresh
- 2 tbsp Besan Gram Flour /
- 1/3 tsp Hing/ Asoefitida
- 1 tsp Zeera Cumin /
- 4 Curry leaves
- 1 Onion (finely chopped)
- 1/2 tsp Ginger - (chopped)
- 1/2 tsp Garlic - (chopped)
- 2 Chilly (chopped) Green
- 1 tsp Chili Powder Red
- 1 1/2 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Salt - as needed
- 4 tbsp Oil
- Coriander Fresh - for garnish
Ingredients
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- Wash and pressure cook the potatoes. Let them coo and then peel and break them into thick pieces with hands. Keep aside.
- In a large bowl, add curd and besan with little water and whisk it to make a smooth batter. Make sure there should not be any lumps formed. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a wok and add zeera and hing. As soon as the zeera crackles, add finely chopped onion and saute it till onion softens.
- Now ad finely chopped or minced ginger, garlic and green chilies alonh with some curry leaves and fry them all together for few minutes.
- Now add red chili powder, coriander powder and turmeric and fry the masala well till it starts leaving oil from the sides. If you find the masala sticking the bottom, you can add little water (2 tbsp) in it and fry nicely.
- Add the broken potatoes and mix all properly till the fried masala coats the potatoes well.
- Now simmer the gas flames and start pouring the curd batter slowly and stir gently.
- Adjust salt as per your taste and close the lid and let the curry cook for some time.
- Once the curry is done, turn off the flames and garnish it with freshly chopped coriander.
- Serve hot with chapati, or plain rice.