Dum Aloo Banarsi (Delicious Potatoes Cooked In A Savoury Indian - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 kg boiled potatoes, grated
50 g sesame seeds
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon red chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste
salt
3 tablespoons coriander leaves, washed and finely chopped
3 tablespoons mint leaves, washed and finely chopped
cornflour, as required for rolling
For the gravy
3 onions, sliced
250 g fresh yoghurt
oil, to fry
2 tablespoons butter
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 onions, chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon red chili powder
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
50 g fresh cream
1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
whole spices, as required

Preparation

Add all the spices to the grated and boiled potatoes in a bowl.
Mix well and shape into balls.
Roll into corn flour and deep fry in a pot.
Drain onto kitchen paper towels and keep aside.
Next, in another pot, deep fry the sliced onions till golden brown.
Mix with yoghurt and using a blender, blend to obtain a fine paste.
Heat a pan and add into it butter, spices, onion, ginger and garlic paste and tomatoes.
Saute for 15 minutes on low heat.
Stir in tomato paste and all the remaining masalas.
Now fold in the onions, salt, pepper and yoghurt paste.
Cook for 10 minutes.
Add the fried potato balls to the gravy.
Garnish with cream, mint leaves and corriander leaves.
Serve hot with parathas or rotis or rice.
Enjoy!