Authentic Dum Aloo

==Description==
This recipe is from a Kashmiri kitchen.
* Contributed by Indiancuisineandculture Y-Group
* Serving size: 3 – 4 people
==Ingredients==
* 10 small rounded potatoes
* 1½ chili powder
* salt to taste
* 1 tsp ginger powder
* 3 laung / cloves
* 1 cinnamon / dalchini stick or ½ tsp cinnamon powder / dalchini
* 2 big black elaichi / cardamom
* 2 small elaichi / cardamom
* ½ tsp fennel powder
* 3 – 4 tbsp of yogurt
* 2 cups of water
* ½ zeera / cumin seed
* pinch of heeng / asafetida and oil for frying
==Directions==
# Boil potatoes completely soaked in water in a wider pan for 10 minutes or longer till you see skin can easily be peeled.
# After peeling the skin, prick the ollu all over with knitting needle or tooth prick or fork or tip of knife.
# Deep fry ollu till reddish brown and put aside.
# Take 3 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker or pan.
# Add chili powder and heeng to oil and sauté.
# Add 3 spoons of yogurt and stir till yogurt dissolves in oil and forms into a thick chili paste.
# Add salt ginger powder, fennel powder ; cinnamon, crushed laung /cloves and crushed big black elaichi to yogurt chili mixture.
# Add potatoes to chili mixture.
# Add 2 cups of water or more till all the potatoes are completely dipped in water.
# Pressure cook for ten minutes and simmer for another five minutes.
# Open the cooker when pressure drops in cooker.
# Check for water consistency.
# If too much water is left, boil till only a little water is left.
# Turn off the stove.
# Crush green cardamom / elaichi and cumin / zeera.
# Sprinkle the crushed massala over potatoes and cover.
# Serve dum aloo warm. 
== Notes ==
* Left over can be stored in fridge and used next day after warming. 
* If cooking in a pan, add 2 – 3 cups of water and boil for 5 minutes and simmer at a low flame till water is absorbed.
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