Aloo curry is the most popular curry recipe served with puffed Poori, in North Indian cuisine. It is very easy and simple to prepare at home as it mainly requires only potatoes, tomatoes and some spices. This recipe of Aloo Sabzi is totally Halwai style, which is served as Prasad and also known as Bhandare Wale Aloo ki Sabzi. This is an ideal Aloo curry recipe served with Puri during any fast and festival as it contains neither any onion nor garlic. Here is the recipe with step by step instructions and pictures.
1. Firstly, take 5 tomatoes, 2 green chilies and 1 inch ginger and chop them roughly.
2. Transfer roughly chopped tomato chunks, green chilies and ginger to the grinder jar and blend to smooth puree and keep it aside.
3. Next, heat a pan and add all whole dry spices- 1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 black cardamom, 2 green cardamom, 4 cloves, 1 tsp cumin seeds and 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds/ Methidana. Dry roast them for 1-2 minutes or until the spices turn aromatic on low flame.
4. Then add 1 dried red chili and roast for few more seconds. Dry roasting of spices will infuse flavours in potatoes deeply. Then add 2 tbsp oil to it.
5. Add tomato puree and 1.25 tsp or salt to taste.
6. Cook until all the water dried up from tomato puree and oil is separated.
7. Then add other spices like 2 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp dried mango powder/ amchur, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp ground black pepper and 1 tsp fennel powder/ crushed saunf to it.
8. Mix them well and sauté for 2-3 minutes or until the spices turn aromatic on low flame.
9. Roughly mash the boiled potatoes with your hand and add to curry. Make sure mash the potatoes in chunks.
10. Mix them well until the aloo is coated well with masala.
11. Then add 2 cups of water and mix well adjusting the consistency.
12. Cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes, or until the oil separates. Then add 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander, 1 tsp crushed kasuri methi and ¼ tsp garam masala. Mix them well.
13. Aloo Sabzi is ready to serve. Enjoy it hot with Poori.
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