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Baby potatoes are cooked in a rich, nutty yogurt sauce full of complex flavors from chili powder to cinnamon.
By Sukanya Ghosh
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- Author: Sukanya Ghosh
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
- Yield: 4
Description
Baby potatoes are cooked in a rich, nutty yogurt sauce full of complex flavors from chili powder to cinnamon.
Ingredients
- Baby potatoes (par boiled and peeled) : 1 kg
- Almond paste : 1 tbsp
- Cashew paste : 3 tbsp
- Onion (small) : 1
- Ginger paste : 2 tsp
- Yogurt : ½ cup whipped
- Turmeric powder : ¼ tsp
- Garam masala powder : 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder / paste : ½ tsp
- Cumin powder : 1 tsp
- Salt and sugar to taste
- Oil : 2 tbsp
- Bay leaf : 2
- Cinnamon stick : 1
- Cardamom (green) : 2-3
- Cloves : 3-4
Instructions
- Peel the onion, boil it and then make a paste of it.
- In a deep bottom pan, heat the oil, add the cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaf.
- Let the aroma floats and then lightly fry the par boiled potatos in the oil til lthey absorb golden brownish hue.
- Remove the potatoes with a slotted spoon and keep them aside.
- Now in the same pan, add the onion paste, fry it till it turn its color, add the ginger paste, fry it further tll the rawness disappear.
- Add the spices, fry them for a while, followed by cashew and almond paste.
- Add the potatoes and coat them well with the masala.
- Saut them on medum heat till the masala oozes oil.
- Switch off the heat and let it cool for 2 minutes.
- Add the whipped yogurt, adjust the salt, switch on the heat again and let it cook on lowest heat for couple of minutes.
- Add one cup warm water, close the lid and let it simmer till done.
- It will have a clingy gravy.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro, if you wish to and serve hot with poori or kachoris.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Category: Side
- Cuisine: Indian
Sukanya writes the blog Saffronstreaks, a food and travel blog where she experiments in the kitchen spiced up with interesting food stories and gourmet travelogues. She loves to cook with fresh produce, enjoy both spicy and sweet and her many dining out experiences become cherished memories. Sukanya is from India but now lives in North Carolina, USA.