Dahi ke aloo – Potatoes cooked in yogurt

Potatoes recipes are for the days when you don’t have time

Potatoes are not an Indian vegetable but today, it’s impossible to imagine Indian cuisine without the goodness of this starchy carbohydrate tuberous vegetable. Dahi ke aloo is a  potato gravy with fresh herbs and mild spices has the goodness of potatoes and is one of the easiest to prepare.

Tips

While adding besan (gram flour) is optional, adding it in the curd gives it a nice flavour and makes the gravy thick. Remember to put very little though, else the gravy will be very thick and loose it’s texture.

Potatoes

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop. The word “potato” may refer either to the plant itself or to the edible tuber. In the Andes, where the species is indigenous, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species. Potatoes were introduced outside the Andes region approximately four centuries ago and have since become an integral part of much of the world’s food supply. It is the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat, and rice. Wild potato species can be found throughout the Americas from the United States to southern Chile.

The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated independently in multiple locations, but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia (from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex), where they were domesticated approximately 7,000–10,000 years ago. Following centuries of selective breeding, there are now over a thousand different types of potatoes.  The local importance of the potato is variable and changing rapidly. It remains an essential crop in Europe (especially eastern and central Europe), where per capita production is still the highest in the world, but the most rapid expansion over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern Asia. As of 2007 China led the world in potato production, and nearly a third of the world’s potatoes were harvested in China and India. Source: Wikipedia

Dahi wale aloo

Ingredients

• Potatoes 1/2 Kg
• Ginger 1.5 Tsp grated
• Garlic 1 Tsp crushed
• Onions 1 large chopped
• Tomatoes 1 large chopped finely
• Yogurt 1 cup (Thick)
• Cumin 1 Tsp
• Green chillies red 1 seeded and chopped
• Asafoetida 1/2 Tsp
• Dried red chilli 1
• Red chili powder 1/2 Tsp
• Turmeric 1/4 Tsp
• Ground coriander 1 Tbsp
• Garam masala 1 tsp
• Curry leaf 2 sprigs
• Besan 1 Tbsp
• Fresh coriander for garnish
• Salt to taste
• Cooking oil 2 Tbsp

Method

Serving Suggestion

Serve this delectable dish with hot pooris and steamed rice .
[mc4wp_form]