Creamy, rich, delicious Punjabi Dum Aloo made with baby potatoes. This Punjabi Dum Aloo recipe is for perfect Restaurant style Punjabi Dum Aloo. The potatoes, usually smaller ones, are first deep fried, then cooked slowly at low flame in a gravy with spices. Punjabi Dum Aloo is a popular recipe cooked throughout India. There are many ways of preparing dum aloo. Before I made Kashmiri version of Dum Aloo, its called Kashmiri Dum Aloo. Today I am sharing with you Punjabi version, its called Punjabi Dum Aloo.
Method:
1. Boil the potatoes with 1 tsp salt for 5 minutes.
2. Remove from the water and then cut into halve. If the potatoes are small, you don’t need to halve them.
3. Heat oil in a deep pan, and then deep fry the potatoes till crisp and browned.
4. Remove on absorbent paper and keep aside.
For Gravy/Paste
1. Heat oil in a deep pan, add cinnamon stick, cardamom, bay leaf, garlic, green chili, whole dry red chili and saut for 1-2 minutes.
2. Add chopped onion, cashew nuts and saut till golden brown. Now add tomatoes and stir it again for few minutes.
3. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt and mix well, saut till become soft and mushy.
4. Remove from the pan and let it be cool, then blend prepared masala in a mixer and make smooth paste.
Process
1. Heat oil in the same pan, add cumin seeds, prepared paste and mix well, stir it for few second.
2. Crush the kasuri methi between your hand palms, sprinkle over the mixture, add fresh cream and mix well.
3. Add fried potatoes, approximately ¼cup water, salt as per taste and mix well, bring it to the boil for 3-4 minutes.
4. Punjabi Dum Aloo is ready, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with roti, naan, or paratha.
Tips:
- Bake or shallow fry the Potatoes instead of deep frying.
- If the potatoes are small, don’t need to halve them.
- Fresh cream is optional, you could skip it for the perfect vegan curry.

Punjabi Dum Aloo
Ingredients
Method
- Boil the potatoes with 1 tsp salt for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the water and then cut into halve. If the potatoes are small, you don't need to halve them.
- Heat oil in a deep pan, and then deep fry the potatoes till crisp and browned.
- Remove on absorbent paper and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a deep pan, add cinnamon stick, cardamom, bay leaf, garlic, green chili, whole dry red chili and saut for 1-2 minutes.
- Add chopped onion, cashew nuts and saut till golden brown. Now add tomatoes and stir it again for few minutes.
- Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt and mix well, saut till become soft and mushy.
- Remove from the pan and let it be cool, then blend prepared masala in a mixer and make smooth paste.
- Heat oil in the same pan, add cumin seeds, prepared paste and mix well, stir it for few second.
- Crush the kasuri methi between your hand palms, sprinkle over the mixture, add fresh cream and mix well.
- Add fried potatoes, approximately ¼cup water, salt as per taste and mix well, bring it to the boil for 3-4 minutes.
- Punjabi Dum Aloo is ready, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with roti, naan, or paratha.
Notes
- Bake or shallow fry the Potatoes instead of deep frying.
- If the potatoes are small, don't need to halve them.
- Fresh cream is optional, you could skip it for the perfect vegan curry.

























Can u show misthti doi receipe plz,thanks
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Very nice recipe
thanks Anita!!
Beautiful Presentation dear and the dish looks delicious!!!!
thank you Kushi!!