East Indian
Bihari Aloo Dum (No-Onion-Garlic Baby Potato Curry)
Bihari Aloo Dum (No-Onion-Garlic Baby Potato Curry) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb baby potatoes
- 3 tbsp mustard oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 cup tomato puree
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt, whisked
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 1.5 cups water
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
How to cook it
- Boil or steam the baby potatoes until just tender, then peel and prick them a few times with a fork.
- Heat the mustard oil in a pan and shallow fry the potatoes until golden on all sides, then set aside.
- In the same pan, temper the cumin seeds, then add the ginger paste and cook for a minute; no onion or garlic goes into this Bihari style.
- Stir in the turmeric, chili powder, coriander, and tomato puree, and cook until the oil separates.
- Lower the heat and whisk in the yogurt a little at a time so it doesn't split.
- Add the fried potatoes, salt, and water, and simmer uncovered until the gravy thickens and clings to the potatoes, about 12 minutes.
- Sprinkle with garam masala and cilantro and serve hot with rice or roti.
Serve it with
A East Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bihari Aloo Dum (No-Onion-Garlic Baby Potato Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Bihari Aloo Dum (No-Onion-Garlic Baby Potato Curry) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Bihari Aloo Dum (No-Onion-Garlic Baby Potato Curry) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on potato, yogurt, and tomato.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from East India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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