Dum Aloo || Punjabi Dum Aloo || Restaurant style Punjabi Dum Aloo

Punjabi dum aloo is tasty, flavored gravy recipe prepared  with baby potatoes. Aloo/Potato is one of the favourite veggie to all and it's kids favourite. It's been long time I did not prepared aloo recipes at home so thought to buy it, found these baby potatoes in Wednesday market @Jolarpet. Half part of it I prepared Potato fry(will post recipe ASAP) and remaining dum aloo Punjabi style. We all regularly prepare potato fry at home. Try this Punjabi style dum aloo for any occasions and grab your guest attention, as it is very tasty and very flavourful. 

  Punjabi dum aloo and Kashmiri dum aloo recipes looks very similar but the difference is - in Punjabi dum aloo we use tomato and cashew nuts paste where as it's not used in Kashmiri dum aloo. Wait for time I will post Kashmiri dum aloo too ASAP🤗😍.  For this dum aloo we use baby potatoes, if you donot find it in your area you can also use normal potatoes by cutting it into half 😋.Just donot miss the taste of the recipe because of that reason 😁😍. 

Let's start recipe... 

                   Punjabi Dum Aloo

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 20 to 30 minutes
Serves : 3 
Category : Gravies
Recipe Cuisine: Punjabi
Main ingredients :Baby potatoes 
Author : ArunaSarasChandra

Ingredients

Baby potatoes - 12

For potato coating

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Oil - 3 tsp(to shallow fry)

For gravy

Oil - 1 tsp
Onions - 1 (big size or 2 medium)
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic - 2 cloves
Elachi - 1 
Clove - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch
Tomato - 2
Cashew nuts - 5

For dum aloo

Oil - 4 tsp
Butter - 2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Crushed fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Kasuri Methi - 1 tsp
Black pepper - 5
Bay leaf - 1/2

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt as per taste 
Water - 1 cup

Instructions 

1) Wash baby potatoes and cook it for 1 whistle and remove its skin once it becomes cool to room temperature.

2) Now poke all the boiled potatoes using fork so that potatoes absorb masala well. 

3) Now add red chilli powder, turmeric powder salt and 1/2 tsp of oil to the potatoes. 

4) saute everything well and rest it for 5 minute so that masala will coat well to potatoes. 

5) Take a pan add  3 tsp of oil let it heat for a second and add coated potatoes and shallow fry it on medium to low flames till it becomes roast as shown below and take the fried potatoes into plate and keep it aside. 

6) In the same pan add 1 more tsp of oil and add elachi, clove, dalchini, ginger, garlic one after other and fry it for a second. Then add chopped onions and salt fry till onions changes color. 

7) Let the above cool and take it into mixer jar and grind it smooth paste and take it into cup. 

8) Take a pan add 3 tsp of oil and 1 tsp of butter let it heat for a second then add cumin seeds, crushed fennel seeds(saunf), pepper,bay leaf, crushed kasuri Methi fry it well.

9) Then add red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powders and garam masala powder fry everything well in low flames otherwise masala will burn. 

10) Now add above onion paste into masala, mix everything well. 

11) cook the above till oil oozes out. 

12) Meanwhile prepare tomato puree.Take a mixer jar add chopped tomatoes, cashew nuts and grind it smooth paste and keep it ready. 

13) Once oil starts oozes out add tomato, cashew nut puree mix everything well. 

14) Mix the above well and cook it for 5 minutes so that tomato  puree will cook well.

15) Now add fried baby potatoes, and 1 cup of water into above gravy, mix everything well and cook it on medium to low flames for 5 to 10 minutes by closing lid. 

16) Atlast add 1 tsp of butter and coriander leaves mixeverything well and take it into serving bowl. 

Yummy, delicious and flavored Punjabi style dum aloo is ready to serve 😋😋. We can have this Punjabi dum aloo with any flavored biryani's/pulaos  roti's. I had it with plain rice with dollop of ghee, onion slices and lemon, is n't it taste heavenly 😋😋😋😍❤️. 
  

    
Note

* You can also use poppy sedds (gasgasalu) to prepare gravy. 

* You can also fry tomato along with onions and prepare gravy  paste. 


Tips

** You can deep fry boiled baby potatoes to get crispy taste.

** Do not forgot to poke potatoes, it makes potato obsorb the gravy inside the potato. 

** Adding masalas in oil(step - 9) will gives the gravy good taste and restaurants look to gravy. Keep flames low so that masalas(red chilli powder.. ) do not burn. 

** If you do not find baby potatoes then no problem cut large potato into pieces and use. 

** Using butter will give good taste and texture as it is Punjabi dum aloo😊😋😋. 

Check out few curry  and other recipes👇 

     Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan
  

 Potato Spring Onion Fry

                              Kaju curry

                       Jeera rice     

                         Green Peas Pulao

               paneer butter masala

                          Kadai Paneer

                      khova paneer 

          Stuffed paneer capsicum

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Paneer lababdar, How to prepare restaurant style paneer lababdar

Paneer lababdar is famous North Indian paneer curry which is creamy, aromatic, bit sweet and spicy curry. "Lababdar" - means  a strong  desire for something and a desire to indulge in it" (information from google). It's been one of my favourite paneer recipes from my early days of cooking. I tasted this paneer lababdar with butter naans in one of the North Indian restaurant @Bhuvaneswar. I  fell in love with that  red silky, creamy and smooth texture of gravy with grated paneer and paneer pieces. Do not be scared of its name, just feel the taste of the curry😍😋. 

 Though we feel that the process is same as other gravy paneer curries, but trust me the gravy taste different more red silky and smooth. For this we boil tomato and other spices in water and grind it to smooth paste. Prepare this delicious gravy recipe for any parties at home with any flavoured rice items like -  Jeera rice, peas pulao, Carrot rice, Kashmiri Pulao or even we can also have with parathas like Lachha parathas, naans. Today I had this with Jeera rice 😋. 

Paneer Lababdar

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 3 to 4 /1 bowl 
Category : Paneer Recipes
Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Main ingredients : Paneer
Author : ArunaSarasChandra

Ingredients 

Paneer  - 150 gms

For gravy

Tomato - 3(normal size)

Cashew nuts - 7
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic - 3 to 4
Elachi - 2
Cloves - 2
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Water - 1 cup

For paneer lababdar

Butter - 2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Onion - 1 cup(finely chopped)
Bay leaf - 1
Cinnamon stick  - 1 inch
Green chilli - 1
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 3/4 tsp
Kasuri Methi - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - 3 tsp
Fresh cream/ malai/ megada - 1/2  to 3/4rth cup
Salt as per taste

Instructions

1) If paneer is in freezer keep it out, let it comes room temperature. Cut paneer into cubes. Keep some paneer aside for grating in gravy.

2) Add few drops of oil on non - tick pan and slightly fry paneer, take it into plate and keep it aside. (*check tip)

3)heat a pan with few drops of oil and add elachi, cloves fry it for a second. Then add tomato pieces, ginger, garlic and cashew nuts fry it for a second. 

4) Now add 1 cup of water to the above. 

5) Let the above boil. 

6) boil till water evaporates and tomatoes becomes smooth. Let it cool and take it into mixer jar and grind it to smooth paste. 

7)  Add 1 tsp of butter + oil into heat pan and then add Cinnamon stick,bay leaf, green chilli, fry it for a second. 

8) Then add onions and fry till it changes ( Here I missed adding onions I directly added spices. So I fried onion separately, but i will guide you in a proper way 🤗)

9) Now add turmeric, coriander, red chilli powder to the above and saute everything well. 

10) Now add prepared tomato paste to the above. 

11) Mix the above well, then add crushed kasuri Methi. 

12)  Mix everything well and fry it till oil oozes out as shown below. 

13) Once gravy becomes thick then add 1 cup of water. (gravy will be in good red color )

14) Mix the above water and gravy well and then add required amount of salt. 

15) Also add garam masala powder to the above. 

16) Mixeverything well and add fried paneer cubes. 

17) Grate paneer into the above. 

18) Then add fresh cream to the above. 

19) Mix the above smoothly, if need adjust water accordingly( *check tip). And cook it on low flames for 5 to 7 minutes and garnish with chopped coriander leaves. 

Delicious, creamy and smooth paneer lababdar is ready to serve 😋😋. Add 1 tsp of Butter  and grate paneer on  gravy before serving it gives good taste and looks awsome too 👌👌. 

As I mentioned I had this paneer lababdar with Jeera rice. It's very good  combination, must try it and enjoy your day with your friends and family 😍❤️. 

Note

* Adjust spices accordingly. 

* we can also add onions in gravy preparation(step - 3) . For that you need to fry onion with other ingredients and then add water.  Otherwise gravy flavour will change. 

Tips

**  Paneer lababdar gravy tastes rich when we grate paneer in it. If you forgot to keep some paneer aside, no probs still gravy taste  delicious. 

** We can also prepare it in no onion, no garlic catogery.

** Fry paneer on non - stick otherwise it will stick to pan. 

** Frying paneer is optional, paneer tends to be so smooth it will break easily so we fry it lightly. 

** Gravy becomes thick quickly after preparation. If you are planning to serve lately then adjust water and heat it once. Do not mix roughly, paneer will break. 

** Add butter and grate paneer on gravy before serving in order to give restaurant paneer lababdar look 😍🤗. 

Also ckeck other paneer curries, gravies and pulao/biryani recipes by clicking the link below the pic.. 

              Malai Matar paneer

     Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

               Punjabi Dum aloo

                              Kaju curry

               paneer butter masala

                          Kadai Paneer

                      khova paneer 

          Stuffed paneer capsicum

                      Jeera rice

                         Carrot Rice

                             Peas Pulao

 Potato Spring Onion Fry

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