ALOO DUM GRAVY

Serves: 2 persons

Ingredients

1. Baby potato ½ kg (Prick with a fork and cook for 1 or 2 whistles in the pressure cooker)

2. ½ teaspoon mustard seeds

3. ½ teaspoon asafoetida

4. Curry leaves (8 to 10)

5. 2 bay leaves

6. 2-3 cloves / Llong

7. 1 teaspoon saunff / fennel seeds

8. 2-3 green cardomom/choti illachi

9. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

10. 1½ kashmiri chilli powder

11. 1½ coriander powder

12. ½ teaspoon jeera powder or cumin powder

13. ½ garam masala powder

14. 1 teaspoon dry ginger powder or soonth

15. 3 teaspoons of Aamchur powder

16. 1½ teaspoon salt

17. 2 medium sized onions finely chopped

18. 3 to 4 tomatoes medium sized

19. ½ cup curd

20. Coriander leaves chopped

21. 3 tablespoon oil

Note: Roast saunff, llong and illachi on slow flame and powder it in a mixer or hand pound it.